The good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense—which sense I propose to develop in myself and in others wh… - Vladimir Nabokov

the good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense–-

Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.

Curiously enough, one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader ("Good Readers and Good Writers", p. 3).

"Dostoevski's The Double is his best work though an obvious and shameless imitation of Gogol's "Nose.