Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished

The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished masterpiece. – Vladimir Nabokov

Other quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

Sleep is the most moronic fraternity in the world, with the heaviest dues and the crudest rituals. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Sleep
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Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Imagination
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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

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Light
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Other Quotes from
Life
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. – Joseph Campbell

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Life

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. – Abraham Lincoln

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Life

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy they heed not our expectancy But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile. – Gerald Massey

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Life

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. – Michel de Montaigne

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Life

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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. – Zen Proverb

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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. – Plato

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DOS is ugly and interferes with users experience. – Bill Gates

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