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Word Burrowing

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Let us not burrow and delve beneath a word for a larva or a corpse.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Perilous Revelations

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Genius’s Burden

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A genius needs to keep so much in store, and thus cannot offer you the whole of himself as I do.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Life and Death Sunrise

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Happiness in Colors

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All colors made me happy: even gray.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Pain’s Invisible Whip

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Pain is a puzzling master; one feels the caress, but nobody sees the whip.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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