Nabokov: you all can't understand this! this is REAL literature
JK Rowling: exactly
Nabokov: see? she gets it
Rowling: a beautifully tragic love ssstory
Nabokov: yes a bea
Nabokov:
Nabokov: what
JK Rowling: exactly
Nabokov: see? she gets it
Rowling: a beautifully tragic love ssstory
Nabokov: yes a bea
Nabokov:
Nabokov: what
July 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Nabokov: you all can't understand this! this is REAL literature
JK Rowling: exactly
Nabokov: see? she gets it
Rowling: a beautifully tragic love ssstory
Nabokov: yes a bea
Nabokov:
Nabokov: what
JK Rowling: exactly
Nabokov: see? she gets it
Rowling: a beautifully tragic love ssstory
Nabokov: yes a bea
Nabokov:
Nabokov: what
"Time is but memory in the making."
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Vladimir Nabokov
June 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"Time is but memory in the making."
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov: ok i got a story
Nabokov: but i'm only gonna tell it if you all promise not to be mad at me
Poe: we promise
Nabokov: you promise?
Nabokov: you all have to say it
Poe: we all promise
King: sure we promise
Barker: promise
Nabokov: swear it
Nabokov: but i'm only gonna tell it if you all promise not to be mad at me
Poe: we promise
Nabokov: you promise?
Nabokov: you all have to say it
Poe: we all promise
King: sure we promise
Barker: promise
Nabokov: swear it
July 2, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Vladimir Nabokov: ok i got a story
Nabokov: but i'm only gonna tell it if you all promise not to be mad at me
Poe: we promise
Nabokov: you promise?
Nabokov: you all have to say it
Poe: we all promise
King: sure we promise
Barker: promise
Nabokov: swear it
Nabokov: but i'm only gonna tell it if you all promise not to be mad at me
Poe: we promise
Nabokov: you promise?
Nabokov: you all have to say it
Poe: we all promise
King: sure we promise
Barker: promise
Nabokov: swear it
Remembering when for no good reason i pretended to be Nabokov ranking various bears
September 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Remembering when for no good reason i pretended to be Nabokov ranking various bears
breaks my heart when people eat nonfat greek yogurt. like reading a Simple English translation of a nabokov novel
April 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
breaks my heart when people eat nonfat greek yogurt. like reading a Simple English translation of a nabokov novel
King: wow jeez um
Nabokov: but before you all get mad at me
Nabokov: keep in mind that the narrator is unreliable
King: i dunno this really seems kinda...
Nabokov: unreliable, goddamnit! unreliable!
Nabokov: but before you all get mad at me
Nabokov: keep in mind that the narrator is unreliable
King: i dunno this really seems kinda...
Nabokov: unreliable, goddamnit! unreliable!
July 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
King: wow jeez um
Nabokov: but before you all get mad at me
Nabokov: keep in mind that the narrator is unreliable
King: i dunno this really seems kinda...
Nabokov: unreliable, goddamnit! unreliable!
Nabokov: but before you all get mad at me
Nabokov: keep in mind that the narrator is unreliable
King: i dunno this really seems kinda...
Nabokov: unreliable, goddamnit! unreliable!
[reading one book by Nabokov] truly this man was troubled but inarguably brilliant, a pedlar of the voluptuous to his fellow embarrassed and abused sybarites
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
April 16, 2024 at 10:34 PM
[reading one book by Nabokov] truly this man was troubled but inarguably brilliant, a pedlar of the voluptuous to his fellow embarrassed and abused sybarites
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
[reading six books by Nabokov] truly this man loved bugs
what's the most "Sting" Sting line? a tough one. "how can I save my little boy/ from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" is a strong contender. Though rhyming "Nabokov" with "shake and cough" while mispronouncing "Nabokov" is also for the ages
October 2, 2026 at 12:19 PM
what's the most "Sting" Sting line? a tough one. "how can I save my little boy/ from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" is a strong contender. Though rhyming "Nabokov" with "shake and cough" while mispronouncing "Nabokov" is also for the ages
If I were Nabokov I'd have started carrying a gun.
October 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
If I were Nabokov I'd have started carrying a gun.
I’ve been down on her since she was defending Woody Allen’s pedophilia AND misunderstanding Nabokov in the same tweet.
September 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I’ve been down on her since she was defending Woody Allen’s pedophilia AND misunderstanding Nabokov in the same tweet.
Nabokov would have loved Baldur’s Gate III
every day, I too grieve the fact that Kurt Cobain never experienced GPS
October 25, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Nabokov would have loved Baldur’s Gate III
Disminuye ligeramente un libro:
‘Elena Furiase’, de Vladimir Nabokov.
‘Elena Furiase’, de Vladimir Nabokov.
Disminuye ligeramente un libro:
Insultar a un ruiseñor
Insultar a un ruiseñor
Disminuye ligeramente un libro:
Parque Triásico
Parque Triásico
September 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Disminuye ligeramente un libro:
‘Elena Furiase’, de Vladimir Nabokov.
‘Elena Furiase’, de Vladimir Nabokov.
Nabokov: I am going to write about a monster doing sick shit
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Any time people start with the ephebophelia nonsense I want to point them to this quote by Nabokov about Lolita where he just fucking eviscerates an interviewer claiming that Humbert Humbert was the equivalent of 40 year olds marrying 20 year olds:
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nabokov: I am going to write about a monster doing sick shit
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Smoking weed and reading Nabokov >>>>>>>>>
October 20, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Smoking weed and reading Nabokov >>>>>>>>>
Donald Trump has spent most of his presidency sucking up to Putin, following a sexual past out of a Nabokov novel. Are Vladimirs having a moment?
July 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Donald Trump has spent most of his presidency sucking up to Putin, following a sexual past out of a Nabokov novel. Are Vladimirs having a moment?
Nabokov: ironically the ape only drew the bars of its prison
Nabokov: makes you think
Poe: i have no sympathy
Poe: that ape can rot for all i care
Barker: yeah edgar has strong feelings about apes
Poe: ROT, i say
Nabokov: makes you think
Poe: i have no sympathy
Poe: that ape can rot for all i care
Barker: yeah edgar has strong feelings about apes
Poe: ROT, i say
July 2, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Nabokov: ironically the ape only drew the bars of its prison
Nabokov: makes you think
Poe: i have no sympathy
Poe: that ape can rot for all i care
Barker: yeah edgar has strong feelings about apes
Poe: ROT, i say
Nabokov: makes you think
Poe: i have no sympathy
Poe: that ape can rot for all i care
Barker: yeah edgar has strong feelings about apes
Poe: ROT, i say
September 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Nabokov famously hated Garnett, though.
September 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Nabokov famously hated Garnett, though.
Nadia Nabokov
Flowers
Flowers
December 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Nadia Nabokov
Flowers
Flowers
King: wow this story seems pretty out there
King: and you endorse this kind of thing?
Nabokov: unreliable, dammit! i said unreliable!
King: cuz i don't think we can approve of this
Nabokov: oh my GOD
King: and you endorse this kind of thing?
Nabokov: unreliable, dammit! i said unreliable!
King: cuz i don't think we can approve of this
Nabokov: oh my GOD
July 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
King: wow this story seems pretty out there
King: and you endorse this kind of thing?
Nabokov: unreliable, dammit! i said unreliable!
King: cuz i don't think we can approve of this
Nabokov: oh my GOD
King: and you endorse this kind of thing?
Nabokov: unreliable, dammit! i said unreliable!
King: cuz i don't think we can approve of this
Nabokov: oh my GOD
Rosario (V. Nabokov)
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Rosario (V. Nabokov)
“At night, my dreams rhyme,
and all day I have an aftertaste of insomnia”
Vladimir Nabokov ~ Letters to Vera.
and all day I have an aftertaste of insomnia”
Vladimir Nabokov ~ Letters to Vera.
April 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
“At night, my dreams rhyme,
and all day I have an aftertaste of insomnia”
Vladimir Nabokov ~ Letters to Vera.
and all day I have an aftertaste of insomnia”
Vladimir Nabokov ~ Letters to Vera.