Vladimir Nabokov

Solitude is the playfield of Satan. - Pale Fire, 1962.

Solitude is the playfield of Satan. - Pale Fire, 1962.

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.

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

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

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the read more

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the individual reader is important to me.

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the read more

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra - these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known