Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009573, Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:11:34 -0700

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From: "Phil Howerton" <phil@carolina.rr.com>
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> I believe in an interview somewhere he said something like, "the little I
> have said (about that), I would not have said had I not known more."
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> Phil
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> Judge Philip F. Howerton, Jr.
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> Charlotte, NC 28209
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> "To be proud, to be brave, to be free." Vladimir Nabokov
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> > From: "Oliver Broudy" <obro@verizon.net>
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> > > Greetings. I am interested in VN's thoughts on the afterlife. It's not
a
> > > subject that he talks about much (aside from shuddering here and there
> at
> > > the prospect of no privacy) but I seem to remember him somewhere
hinting
> > at
> > > the relationship between immortality and art, that the letter held
forth
> a
> > > dim promise, "like a line of light beneath a darkened door." Or
> something
> > to
> > > that effect. I've combed through Speak, Memory and Strong Opinions and
> > can't
> > > think where else I might have read this. I would be very grateful for
> any
> > > suggestions.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Oliver Broudy
> > >
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