Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one.

Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

Topics: Death Quotes

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

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

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of...

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of...

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

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.

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons...

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons...

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches...

Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches...

A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the...

A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the...

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.

You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of...

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of...

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

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

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

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an...

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an...

All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain...

All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain...

Let the credulous and the vulgar continue to believe that all mental woes can be...

Let the credulous and the vulgar continue to believe that all mental woes can be...

Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier

Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.