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Suggested gift book inscriptions
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EDITOR's NOTE. Juan Martinez, editor of the Nabokov www-site WAXWING
(well-worth a look) passes on the item below. See suggestion at bottom.
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From: michael fischer <voltemand@hotmail.com>
>This message just popped into my guestbook. If anybody has any ideas,
>please feel free to e-mail either myself or the person who sent the
>request, Joelly (siegwald@prodigy.net) -- I'm thinking maybe something
>from _Strong Opinions_.
>
>"I have a niece who is a great Nabokov fan. She is graduating from
college
>in May and has requested Nabokov
> books as graduation pr esents. She would especially like one of the
>biographies--either The Russian Years or The American
> Years. She is a wonderful girl and I don't know a thing about Nabokov,
>except that he wrote Lolita. I want to have some
> really great inscription written in the volume I give her. Do you know
of
>a quotation or something else that would be
> appropriate? She uses the name of Vivian Darkbloom as her internet
name.
>Any suggestions you give me will be greatly
> appreciated. I'm trying to make this very special for her. Thanks!
>Jolley"
>
>
>Cheers, Juan
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Something from Strong Opinions indeed. Perhaps the bit in answer to one
of those "Do you believe in God?" querries, e.g. "...had I not known
more." Can't recall the whole bit, but lovely.
Or "Beauty plus pity, that is as close as we can get to a definition of
art."-Lects., I believe.
Best of luck.
(well-worth a look) passes on the item below. See suggestion at bottom.
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From: michael fischer <voltemand@hotmail.com>
>This message just popped into my guestbook. If anybody has any ideas,
>please feel free to e-mail either myself or the person who sent the
>request, Joelly (siegwald@prodigy.net) -- I'm thinking maybe something
>from _Strong Opinions_.
>
>"I have a niece who is a great Nabokov fan. She is graduating from
college
>in May and has requested Nabokov
> books as graduation pr esents. She would especially like one of the
>biographies--either The Russian Years or The American
> Years. She is a wonderful girl and I don't know a thing about Nabokov,
>except that he wrote Lolita. I want to have some
> really great inscription written in the volume I give her. Do you know
of
>a quotation or something else that would be
> appropriate? She uses the name of Vivian Darkbloom as her internet
name.
>Any suggestions you give me will be greatly
> appreciated. I'm trying to make this very special for her. Thanks!
>Jolley"
>
>
>Cheers, Juan
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Something from Strong Opinions indeed. Perhaps the bit in answer to one
of those "Do you believe in God?" querries, e.g. "...had I not known
more." Can't recall the whole bit, but lovely.
Or "Beauty plus pity, that is as close as we can get to a definition of
art."-Lects., I believe.
Best of luck.