Vladimir Nabokov Quote

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.


The Gift (1937; tr. 1963)


There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.