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Unfinished Masterpiece

In Fiction, Literary
U

Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Knowing Modesty

In Fiction, Literary
K

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Complacency Shattered

In Fiction, Literary
C

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Memory’s Strength in Love

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
M

The more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it becomes.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Against Happy Endings

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
A

Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Existence: A Brief Light

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
E

Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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