Creative Quotations from . . .
Vladimir Nabokov
(1899-1977) born on Apr 23
Russian-U. S. novelist. "He was the foremost of the post-1917 immigrant authors; his works include "Lolita," 1955."
 
   
F
There is only one school of literature -- that of talent.

R
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.
A
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."
N
"Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the first - a dull man writing broken English, the second - a broken man writing dull English."
K
All the information I have about myself is from forged documents.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
R: "Radio Times," Oct 1962"
A: Opening sentences of Lolita
N: "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight," Ch. 1"
K: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."



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