I have never seen a more lucid, more lonely, better balanced mad mind …

Vladimir Nabokov
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I have never seen a more lucid, more lonely, better balanced mad mind than mine. ✨ Strong opinions.
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It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Scammell (1963). The gift
He was afraid of touching his own wrist. He never attempted to sleep on his left side, even in those dismal hours of the night when the insomniac longs for a third side after trying the two he has.
At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). Pnin, p.98, Vintage
I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (1992). Pale fire
If he was silent I could be silent too. Indeed, I could very well do with a little rest in this subdued, frightened-to-death rocking chair, before I drove to wherever the beast's lair was - and then … ▶

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