The rich philistinism emanating from advertisements is due not to their exaggerating ( — Vladimir Nabokov
Humbert was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve, but it was Lilith he longed for. — Vladimir Nabokov
Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés. — Vladimir Nabokov
My loathings are simple. stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. My pleasures — Vladimir Nabokov