"Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one." ― Vladimir Nabokov Topic(s): Death More From Vladimir Nabokov "Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much." "Genius is an African who dreams up snow." "A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist." More In Death "Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct."― Tiberius "Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."― William Hazlitt "I don’t like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."― Paula Cole