The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

Vladimir Nabokov

Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.

Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.

They can do all because they think they can.

They can do all because they think they can.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.

Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.

Fortune sides with he who dares

Fortune sides with he who dares

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.

Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.

The square root of I is I.

The square root of I is I.

All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.

All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ.

My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ.

The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.

The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.

I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

Our best yesterdays are now foul piles of crumpled names.

Our best yesterdays are now foul piles of crumpled names.

I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.

I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.

There is no science without fancy and no art without fact.

There is no science without fancy and no art without fact.

I don't think in any language. I think in images.

I don't think in any language. I think in images.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.