Vladimir Nabokov

"Nature is indifferent to our struggles."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but its subordination."

"The depths of the human heart contain unmapped territories."

"Every man is alone, and no one cares."

"Art is memory in the shape of things."

"Science and literature should dance together."

"Success is a series of small failures handled with grace."

"The past feels no pain; we carry it in our present."

"Beauty lies in the details that others overlook."

"A man may be a fool if he agrees with his times."

"The gift of the artist is to see what others miss."

"Friendship is a refuge for those who understand silence."

"Hope is the thing that keeps us from falling."

"Power corrupts, but powerlessness corrupts more."

"Each moment contains its own small revolution."

"The novelist must be a scientist of the human soul."

"Patience is not the absence of action but action without anger."

"Death is the only absolute truth we know."

"The imagination creates worlds that reality cannot touch."

"To live is to read one's self constantly."

"A writer must be a thief of time."

"The beautiful is always strange."

"Memory is the artist's greatest tool."

"Justice delayed is justice abandoned."

"The mind is the only infinite thing we possess."

"Perseverance is the art of not giving up."

"Kindness costs nothing but buys everything."

"Adventure is the best teacher of truth."

"Technology has made us more isolated than ever."

"History is written by those who understand narrative."