Vladimir Nabokov Berühmte Zitate
Vladimir Nabokov: Zitate auf Englisch
Vladimir Nabokov buch Strong Opinions
"Foreword", p. 3.
Quelle: Strong Opinions (1973)
Speak, Memory: A Memoir (1951)
Kontext: The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for (at some forty-five hundred heartbeats an hour).
Vladimir Nabokov buch The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Quelle: The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov buch Invitation to a Beheading
Quelle: Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov buch Laughter in the Dark
Quelle: Laughter in the Dark
“Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.”
Vladimir Nabokov buch Lectures on Literature
Quelle: Lectures on Literature
“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a child.”
Vladimir Nabokov buch Strong Opinions
"Foreword", p. 3.
Strong Opinions (1973)
“Oh, don't cry, I'm so sorry I cheated so much, but that's the way things are.”
Vladimir Nabokov buch Lolita
Variante: Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.
Quelle: Lolita
Quelle: Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
