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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 80b0bd3 | VINCE: We'd never make it. We'd drive and we'd drive and we'd drive and we'd never make it. We'd think we were getting farther and farther away. That's what we'd think. | Sam Shepard | ||
| 76f03fe | The troupe also made a 20,000-mile trip into the European war. Hope was the first American entertainer to perform in Sicily. He did a show at Messina just after the enemy had fled the town and was still bombarding the area with its artillery. By the end of the war, it was estimated that Hope had appeared at virtually every camp, naval base, and hospital in the country. He had made half a dozen trips overseas, including a tour of the South P.. | John Dunning | ||
| 69462f4 | The dates often lasted till early morning. Chaperones guided the winners home, leaving them only when they went their separate ways and the sponsor's responsibility ended. But Cupid was not denied: at least half a dozen marriages and many "lively correspondences" came out of the show. And the idea worked on television as well. Blind Date ran on early ABC-TV, again with Francis as hostess, from 1949 through 1952." | John Dunning | ||
| 7b577e6 | b`Dyh _ khh mn hm ykhy z nh hstm _ z qShhyy khh pyn khwsh drnd bdshn myyd. Hss mykhnym gwl khwrdhym. rwl br Drr st. tqdyr nbyd mtwqf shwd. bhmny khh dr msyrsh drst dr chnd mtry bly sr ykh rwsty chndkhzdh mtwqf myshwd nh fqT GyrTby`y blkhh Gyrkhlqy `ml mykhnd. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 3e3f61e | The village schoolmaster took us for instructive walks ('what you hear is the sound of a scythe being sharpened' ; 'that field there will be given a rest next season ';'oh, just a small bird...no special name '; 'if that peasant is drunk, it is because he is poor ') 71 | ideologue | Vladimir Nabokov | |
| 6d816eb | Everything he said should be followed by a big sic | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| d4ed0f9 | w hychkhs wq` khsy r dwst ndrd. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 9d87a98 | Mas o amor, dizia ele, era tudo menos credivel, a vida real era ridicula, os labregos riam-se do amor. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| a9792bd | Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a chain of predeterminate links: some "future" events may be likelier than others, O.K., but all are chimeric, and every cause-and-effect sequence is always a hit-and-miss affair, even if the lunette has actually closed around your neck, and the cretinous crowd holds its breath." | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| b96ec46 | As she began losing track of herself, she thought it proper to inform... them... that what death amounted to was only a more complete assortment of the infinite fractions of solitude. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 7c219f5 | No doubt, he is horrible, he is abject, he is a shining example of moral leprosy, a mixture of ferocity and jocularity that betrays supreme misery perhaps, but is not conducive to attractiveness. He | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 0cdcf40 | Shall we take these candles with us and sit for a while on the piazza, or do you want to go to bed and nurse that tooth?" Nurse that tooth." | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 7c1fb61 | Nothing happened--or perhaps everything happened, and his destiny simply forked at that instant, as it probably does sometimes at night, especially in a strange bed, at stages of great happiness or great desolation, when we happen to die in our sleep, but continue our normal existence, with no perceptible break in the faked serialization, on the following, neatly prepared morning, with a spurious past discreetly but firmly attached behind. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| dd3bde5 | But then, in a sense, all poetry is positional: to try to express one's position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge. The arms of consciousness reach out and grope, and the longer they are the better. Tentacles, not wings, are Apollo's natural members. Vivian Bloodmark, a philosophical friend of mine, in later years, used to say that while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of spac.. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 8346aec | Uvi, tozi ,,diven ruski ezik", koito mi se struvashe, che vse me ochakva niak'de, ts'fti kato viarna prolet zad zalostena zdravo vrata, za koiato ot tolkova godini s'm pazil kliucha, se okaza nes'shchestvuvashch i zad tazi vrata niama nishcho osven ov'gleni p'nove i esenna beznadezhdna dalnina, a kliuch't v r'kata mi prilicha po-skoro na shperts. (...) Dvizheniiata na tialoto, grimasite, peizazhite, mornite, d'rveta, aromatite, d'zhdovete, .. | language russian translating | Vladimir Nabokov | |
| 1db37f5 | The Lethean Library, for all its incalculable volumes, is, I know, sadly incomplete without Mr. Goodman's effort. | irony literary-criticism negative-reviews | Vladimir Nabokov | |
| 273f057 | before I drove to wherever the beast's lair was - and then pulled the pistol's foreskin back, and then enjoyed the orgasm of the crushed trigger. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 64101e7 | His brown eyes would roam around the various sentimental and artistic bric-a-brac present, and his own banal toiles (the conventionally primitive eyes, sliced guitars, blue nipples and geometrical designs of the day), and with a vague gesture toward a painted wooden bowl or veined vase, he would say "Prenez donc une des ces poires. La bonne dame d'en face m'en offre plus que je n'en peux savourer." Or: "Mississe Taille Lore vient de me donn.. | french humbert-humbert neighbors pears | Vladimir Nabokov | |
| 52e3aa9 | A doua zi si in zilele urmatoare, se aseza in acelasi loc, interpretand amator, dar destul de bine, rolul singuraticului excentric: la ora obisnuita, in locul obisnuit. Sosirea fetei, rasuflarea ei, picioarele ei, parul ei, tot ce facea, fie ca se scarpina pe gamba cu degetele ce lasau dare albe, fie ca arunca in sus o mingiuta neagra ori se freca de el cu un umar gol cand se aseza pe banca - toate astea (in timp ce el parea adancit intr-o .. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 8f832a8 | You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy... in order to discern at once, by ineffable signs... the little deadly demon among the wholesome children; she stands unrecognized by them and unconscious herself of her fantastic power. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 452c542 | Szeret mindent, amit a szep lanyok szeretnek - mondta Van -, a balokat, az orchideakat es a Cseresznyeskert-et. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 81b86f9 | You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy,... in order to discern at once, by ineffable signs,...the little deadly demon...; she stands unrecognized by them and unconscious herself of her fantastic power. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 9bbd961 | I had possessed her - and she never knew it. | lust obsession | Vladimir Nabokov | |
| 6a9ab2d | 10 / : Both nouns belong to the vaguely evocative type of romantic locution so frequent in and so difficult to render by exact English words. ranges from "mollitude" (Fr. ) , i.e., soft luxuriance, "dulcitude," through various shades of amorous pensiveness, , and sensual tenderness to outright voluptuousness (Fr. ). The translator has to be careful here not to overdo in English what Pushkin is on the point of doing in the Russian w.. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 1cba139 | Estamos absurdamente acostumados ao milagre de que uns poucos sinais escritos sao capazes de conter imagens imortais, espirais de pensamentos, novos mundos com pessoas vivas que falam, choram e riem. Aceitamos isso com tanta simplicidade que de certo modo, pelo proprio ato da aceitacao insensivel e rotineira, desfazemos a obra de todos os tempos, a historia do desenvolvimento gradual da descricao e construcao poeticas, do hominideo a Browni.. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 1ddf991 | Beshe t'mno; kisha i beznadezhdnost. Farovete mi biakha nadvisnali nad shiroka kanavka, p'lna s voda. Okolnostta, ako imashe takava, se svezhdashe do cherna pustinia. M'chikh se da se izm'kna, obache zadnite mi kolela samo viekha v mochurishcheto i m'kata. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| d3385d7 | Las regiones apacibles y vagas en que me movia eran patrimonio de los poetas, no el terreno del crimen | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 7d9b260 | Greks, kuru es senak aukleju samudzinatas sirds stigas, mon grand peche radieux, ir saplacis lidz savai butibai: lidz neaugligam un egoistiskam netikumam; un tiesi to es svitroju lauka un noladu. Jus varat zoboties par mani un piedraudet atbrivot tiesas zali, bet, kamer man mute neiebazis sprudu un nenoslapes mani, es kliegtin kliegsu par savu nabaga taisnibu. Briesmigi velos, lai visa pasaule uzzinatu, cik loti es milu savu Lolitu, so Loli.. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| a53d084 | Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| e8198a6 | under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 96dfb0e | odrebnosc stanowi jedna z podstawowych cech zycia. Jezeli nie otacza nas powloka cielesna, musimy umrzec. Czlowiek egzystuje tylko wtedy, kiedy jest odizolowany od otoczenia. Czaszka to nasz helm kosmonauty. Musimy w niej tkwic, bo w przeciwnym razie czeka nas zguba. Smierc zas uwalnia i jednoczy. Chociaz przenikniecie do natury moze sie wydawac kuszace, oznacza ono zarazem koniec naszej kruchej tozsamosci. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 70f5fab | Ta cala psychiatria to nic innego, jak tylko swoisty mikrokosmos komunizmu [...]. Lepiej by zostawili ludziom ich klopoty osobiste. Nasuwa sie bowiem pytanie, czy klopoty nie sa jedyna rzecza na swiecie, ktora ludzie moga miec na wlasnosc? | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 88b9a7d | A sentyment staje sie uciazliwy. W koncu jest cos nazbyt fizycznego w probie zachowania czastki dziecinstwa na swoim mostku. - Nie pan pierwszy sprowadza wiare do zmyslu dotyku. | sentiment | Vladimir Nabokov | |
| 7d0fd88 | Wspomnienie nie dawalo mu spokoju. Mozna je bylo wytrzymac przez chwile i to tylko z perspektywy nieuleczalnej choroby, w wyraznym przeczuciu nadchodzacej smierci. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 83f8169 | nalezala jednak do tych kobiet, ktore lacza w sobie zdrowa urode z histeryczna lzawliwoscia, wybuchy liryczne z bardzo praktycznym, banalnym mysleniem, podly charakter z sentymentalizmem, ospala biernosc z trzezwa umiejetnoscia wysylania bliznich na poszukiwanie wiatru w polu. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 8153a02 | From beyond the shining corrugations of the ocean I salute here brave Bretwit! Let there appear for a moment his hand and mine firmly clasping each other across the water over the golden wake of an emblematic sun. Let no insurance firm or airline use this insigne on the glossy page of a magazine as an ad badge under the picture of a retired businessman stupefied and honored by the sight of the technicolored snack the air hostess offers him .. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| 5e85388 | Vladimir Nabokov, in his Lectures on Literature (1980), saw it all: Literature was not born the day when a boy crying "wolf, wolf" came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels; literature was born on the day when a boy came crying "wolf, wolf" and there was no wolf behind him." | Stanislas Dehaene | ||
| 93c5ad3 | But Jesus felt her yearning, her fragility masked by bravado. He always broke down barriers, never erected them. | Jay Parini | ||
| eef68d5 | Ah! There is a plane crash in Lost and now we are going to die in a plane crash while watching Lost! And I'm too scared to tell anyone my cool observation! | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 71b95f7 | Playful arguments would become fits of uncontrollable laughter, and, like magic, that experience would be crystallized into a private joke, and the private joke would get boiled down to a simple phrase, which became a | Mindy Kaling | ||
| e46f9c0 | Later, when you're grown up, you realize you never get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that's it. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 5d7121e | B.J. and I watched Lost on his portable DVD player, which is just about the most 2007 thing you can do. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 409b56a | it's blue and it's wailing because its little body is cold. The only people who think it's beautiful are its parents, and the doctor is just happy it's alive. And none of that is funny. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| fbe615d | I am telling you, the key to looking gorgeous is to never sit up straight. It implies you have not eaten enough to have the strength to sit like a regular person, which historically is sexy to everyone. | Mindy Kaling |