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Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#irrational #mysteries #perceived #poetry #rational

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#cheated #ends #feel #happy #harm

Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#been #finished #framed #into #like

I didn't miss the rat race, but I kinda missed the rats. ↗

— Jerry Nachman

#kinda #miss #missed #race #rat

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#faith #had #honest #i #i always

The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#book #boy #composed #conceived #girl

I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#find #had #i #i tried #playing

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#change #gears #going #see #speed

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#been #does #energy #industry #oil

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#basically #behalf #consumers #corporate #designed