Vladimir Nabokov Speak Memory Quotes & Sayings

There are no accidents in salvation. Those who are to meet will meet, because together they have the potential for a holy relationship. They are ready for each other. — Gabrielle Bernstein

Don't let disappointment own your life.
You can always rise above any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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. - VLADIMIR NABOKOV, Speak, Memory: A Memoir — Sheldon Solomon

One of the things that's troubling is that people see Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, hey look, you know, we're having children. We're not married, but we are having these children and they're doing just fine. And I think it gives a distorted image that, yes, not everybody hires nannies and caretakers and nurses. — Anna Holmes

Guns are part of the American identity. — Henry Rollins

I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. The only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It's like discovering a great hole in the ground. To begin with, you forget it's there and keep falling in. After a while, it's still there, but you learn to walk round it. — Rachel Joyce

Speak, Memory is strictly autobiographic. There is nothing autobiographic in Lolita. — Vladimir Nabokov

If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers. — Bill Gates

It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have to root for the home country. — Serena Williams

For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache. — Ivan Panin