Vladimir Nabokov Lepidopterist Quotes & Sayings

I feel we have to begin standing our ground in the places we love. I think that we have to demand that concern for the land, concern for the Earth, and this extension of community that we've been speaking of, is not marginal - in the same way that women's rights are not marginal, in the same way that rights for children are not marginal. There is no separation between the health of human beings and the health of the land. It is all part of a compassionate view of the world. — Terry Tempest Williams

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife. From my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you. — Jimmy Soul

Sharing oft leaves less.
But with love the more we share,
the fuller our hearts. — J. Benson

I have always had a number of parts lined up in case the muse failed. A lepidopterist exploring famous jungles came first, then there was the chess grand master, then the tennis ace with an unreturnable service, then the goalie saving a historic shot, and finally, finally, the author of a pile of unknown writings- Pale Fire, Lolita, Ada- which my heirs discover and publish. — Vladimir Nabokov

I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks. — Judy Gold

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies. — William Faulkner

The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect. — Scott Belsky

You are a beautiful and beloved individual. It is good to be you. We will love you no matter what you do, as long as you are you. — M. Scott Peck

Life is like a boxing match. Defeat is declared not when you fall but when you refuse to stand again. — Kristen Ashley

Zembla is a site devoted to the life and works of author, translator, and lepidopterist. — Vladimir Nabokov

Heart's wave could not curl and break beautifully into the foam of spirit, unless the ageless silent rock of destiny stood in its path. — Holderlin

It has been remarked before that those who are sensitive to radiations in the far octarine - the eighth color, the pigment of the Imagination - can see things that others cannot. — Terry Pratchett

Science is simply a logical process of discovering truths about the world we live in; the illusion is that science is some sort of a set of strange rules, a religion that speaks algebra or a magical group of incantations and spells. — Robert Todd Carroll

...knowing the full depth of any human, knowing their hopes and frailties, the hurts of their past, the tremor with which they reach for the future...that knowledge is akin to love. — J.M. Martin