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.
Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
All colors made me happy: even gray.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
We are most artistically caged.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
Space is a swarming in the eyes; and time, a singing in the ears.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
How small the cosmos (a kangaroo’s pouch would hold it), how paltry and puny in comparison to human consciousness, to a single recollection, and its expression in words!
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
The only real numbers are the numbers of human pain.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
Our brains are bound to deteriorate, but we are not.
Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire