Vladimir Nabokov

Quotes – Safe

By aaforringer on August 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute. Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (10 April] 1899[a] – 2 July 1977), also known by the… Read More ›

Exsistence

By aaforringer on March 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece. Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov 10 April 1899 – 2 July 1977, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian novelist, poet, translator and entomologist…. Read More ›

Aphorisms

By aaforringer on April 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American novelist and entomologist. His first nine novels were in Russian, and he achieved… Read More ›