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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes: A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.
         

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.


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And the rest is rust and stardust.



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

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



Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.



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Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.



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.

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.



The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.



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There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.



I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.



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Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.





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