Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-American author who wrote the novel "Pnin." The novel follows the life of Professor Timofey Pnin, a Russian émigré and lecturer of Russian at an American college. Nabokov is known for his distinctive writing style and themes of exile and identity.
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
The more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it becomes.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
Imagination is a form of memory.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
Pain is a puzzling master; one feels the caress, but nobody sees the whip.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
The tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire