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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.”

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Russian-born American novelist, best known for his novel 'Lolita'. Nabokov is renowned for his unique literary style and profound use of language and symbolism. more

“But don't you see, all human decisions are made like this. Do you think the mother knows what will happen to the child in her womb? Dear God, we are lost, I tell you. What does it matter if you give it to me and it's wrong! There is no wrong! There is only desperation, and I would have it! I want to live forever with you.”

Source: The Vampire Chronicles Collection: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned

“We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts.”

Way Years Heart Different Lasts Stuff Common Talking Months Broke Noticing

Author:Nick Hornby

“I used to feel for years and years and years that I was very remiss not to have written a novel and I would question people who wrote novels and try to find out how they did it and how they had got past page 30. Then, with the approach of old age, I began to just think: “Well, lucky I can do anything at all.”

People Thinking Feels Trying Years Wells I Can Age Past Used Can Do Novel Written Lucky Approach Pages Old Age

Author:Alice Munro

“If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.”

“As you get older, you don't get wiser. You get irritable.”

Wiser Wiser You

Author:Doris Lessing

“Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.”

Thinking Needs Made Night Hate Bits Hurt Sleep Mistake Profit No Point Meanness Mistakes You've Made Need Sleep

Book:Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel

Source: Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel

“What do you know about dragons?” “They're big, scaly, four-legged creatures with wings who terrorized small villages until a virgin was offered up as a sacrifice.” His grinned again. “I do miss the virgins.”

Knows Bigs Four Sacrifice Missing Creatures Wings Dragons Village Do You Know Virgins Small Villages

Book:You Slay Me

Source: You Slay Me

“Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.”

Late Rounds Rome

Book:The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book

Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book

“When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.”

Men Mind Children Science Wish Sides Teaching Lessons Unnecessary Moderation

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

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