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Not the one you're looking for, but an interesting alternative statement on
this topic appears in Strong Opinions, p. 149. Asked whether he finds
"nostalgia debilitating or enriching," Nabokov replied, "Neither. It's one
of a thousand tender emotions."
Given the rather different implications of the two characterizations, the
"insane companion" attribution (if it turns out to be legitimate) might
suggest that Nabokov varied his opinion of nostalgia according to the
occasion.
Brian Walter
Washington University
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Barton Johnson [SMTP:chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 6:33 PM
To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Quote: Is an insane companion (fwd)
From: Paul Maliszewski <plmalisz@syr.edu>
I recently came across an unsourced, partial quotation attributed to
Nabokov and was wondering if anyone on the list could point me in the
direction of its sourced, full ancestor:
Nostalgia, he observed drily, is "an insane companion."
Yes, that's all I have to go on.
Thanks,
Paul
this topic appears in Strong Opinions, p. 149. Asked whether he finds
"nostalgia debilitating or enriching," Nabokov replied, "Neither. It's one
of a thousand tender emotions."
Given the rather different implications of the two characterizations, the
"insane companion" attribution (if it turns out to be legitimate) might
suggest that Nabokov varied his opinion of nostalgia according to the
occasion.
Brian Walter
Washington University
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Barton Johnson [SMTP:chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 6:33 PM
To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Quote: Is an insane companion (fwd)
From: Paul Maliszewski <plmalisz@syr.edu>
I recently came across an unsourced, partial quotation attributed to
Nabokov and was wondering if anyone on the list could point me in the
direction of its sourced, full ancestor:
Nostalgia, he observed drily, is "an insane companion."
Yes, that's all I have to go on.
Thanks,
Paul