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Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

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Inspirational, Rain, Fall

Genius is finding the invisible link between things.

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Genius, Links, Invisible

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

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Loneliness, Mind, Illness
Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov”, p.464, Vintage

Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.

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Two, Light, Darkness

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

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Stars, Angel, Mind

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

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Curiosity, Form, Insubordination
"Reading Lolita in Tehran". Book by Azar Nafisi, 2003.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

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Rust, Stardust
Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.142, Hamilton Books

Only one letter divides the comic from the cosmic.

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Letters, Comic, Cosmic

It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.

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Love, Valentines Day, Sight
Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.149, Hamilton Books

We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.

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World, Meaningless
Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.255, Vintage

Which arrow flies for ever? The arrow that has hit its mark.

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Arrows, Mark
Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov”, p.389, Vintage

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the wh