Vladimir Nabokov nejznámější citáty
Vladimir Nabokov: Citáty o umění
„Není vědy bez fantazie a není umění bez faktů.“
Zdroj: [Herschbach, Dudley R., Imaginární zahrady s reálnými ropuchami, vesmir.cz, 1998, 2011-02-05, http://www.vesmir.cz/clanek/imaginarni-zahrady-s-realnymi-ropuchami]
Vladimir Nabokov: Citáty o dětech
Kniha - Lolita (str. 7)
Vladimir Nabokov: Citáty anglicky
Vladimir Nabokov kniha Strong Opinions
"Foreword", p. 3.
Zdroj: 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 kniha The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Zdroj: The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov kniha Invitation to a Beheading
Zdroj: Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov kniha Laughter in the Dark
Zdroj: Laughter in the Dark
“Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.”
Vladimir Nabokov kniha Lectures on Literature
Zdroj: Lectures on Literature
“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a child.”
Vladimir Nabokov kniha 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 kniha Lolita
Varianta: Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.
Zdroj: Lolita
Zdroj: Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
