Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

#Vladimir Nabokov

The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is...

#Vladimir Nabokov

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

#Vladimir Nabokov

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.

#Vladimir Nabokov

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm...

#Vladimir Nabokov

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

#Vladimir Nabokov

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

#Vladimir Nabokov

Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.

#Vladimir Nabokov

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

#Vladimir Nabokov

Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.

#Vladimir Nabokov

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

#Airplanes

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

#Magic