...for the human brain can become the best torture house of… - Vladimir Nabokov

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...for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures.

Vladimir Nabokov

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle · February 19, 1990 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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About Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (22 April (O.S. 10 April) 1899 – 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American writer. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but gained international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English; his Lolita (1955) is frequently cited as one of the most important novels of the 20th century.

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Pen Names: ვლადიმერ სირინი • Vladimir Sirin • Владимир Сирин

Native Name: Владимир Владимирович Набоков

Alternative Names: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov • Vl. Sirin • Wladimir Nabokoff-Sirin • V. Sirin • Nabokov

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