Anna Patrick's Blog, page 129
July 21, 2016
theSkimm makes it easier to be smarter — theSkimm
theSkimm makes it easier to be smarter — theSkimm:
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July 20, 2016
"I dreamt of you last night – as if I was playing the piano and you were turning the pages for me."
“I dreamt of you last night – as if I was playing the piano and you were turning the pages for me.”
- Vladimir Nabokov - from Letters to Vera (via watchoutforintellect)
- Vladimir Nabokov - from Letters to Vera (via watchoutforintellect)
"Dark pictures, thrones, the stones that pilgrims kiss
Poems that take a thousand years to die
But..."
“Dark pictures, thrones, the stones that pilgrims kiss
Poems that take a thousand years to die
But ape the immortality of this
Red label on a little butterfly.”
- Vladimir Nabokov,
“A Discovery” (December 1941); published as “On Discovering a Butterfly” in The New Yorker (15 May 1943).
(via vagabondbohemia)
Poems that take a thousand years to die
But ape the immortality of this
Red label on a little butterfly.”
- Vladimir Nabokov,
“A Discovery” (December 1941); published as “On Discovering a Butterfly” in The New Yorker (15 May 1943).
(via vagabondbohemia)
"There is only one school: that of talent."
“There is only one school: that of talent.”
- Vladimir Nabokov, The Art of Fiction No. 40
(via theparisreview)
- Vladimir Nabokov, The Art of Fiction No. 40
(via theparisreview)
July 19, 2016
"But the pang of tenderness remained, akin to the vibrating outline of verses you know you know but..."
“But the pang of tenderness remained, akin to the vibrating outline of verses you know you know but cannot recall.”
- Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin (via literatureandfairytales)
- Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin (via literatureandfairytales)
July 18, 2016
"See you soon my strange joy, my tender night."
“See you soon my strange joy, my tender night.”
- Vladimir Nabokov’s letters to his beloved wife Vera (via ourwildways)
- Vladimir Nabokov’s letters to his beloved wife Vera (via ourwildways)
