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Writers as Historians

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Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Creature of Habit

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Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Against Happy Endings

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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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Simple Loathings

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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Rain’s Innocent Fall

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Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Pain’s Invisible Whip

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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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