Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Love is one of the most powerful and most dangerous things I've ever encountered and, within the same breath, one of the most beautiful and relevant journeys of my life.

This was a memory I wanted to keep, whole, and recall again and again. When I was fifty years old I wanted to remember this moment on the porch, holding hands with Cameron while he shared himself with me. I didn’t want it to be something on the fringes of my memory like so many other things about Cameron and myself.

There are parts of New Zealand that I absolutely fell in love with that I will miss going back to, but I kind of think that is the part that can continue and will continue on. I don't imagine I'll stop going back to New Zealand, because I feel part of the fabric there, really.

What I felt is the same kind of love I felt between Waylon and his audience. And that's what I miss.

Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to measure.

I find love from time to time.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

Love is a friendship set to music.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.

The love received is the love that is saved.

People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly.' You can know every single ingredient in a piece of chocolate cake, and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy.

I think every great show has that kind of romance that people just kind of yearn for.

If you're lucky enough to experience love, what you find is that it can sustain you through the most difficult times.

What force is more potent than love?

When you love something, it never goes away.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

The heart jungle drum beat finds its voice in love and matchsticks.

Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in history men have held on to their lover's handkerchief.

I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.

I will perform My Heart Will Go On for the rest of my life and it will always remain a very emotional experience for me.