"The process of reading a Nabokov novel is, by far, more important than its destination, and every sentence absolutely begs you to read it--no, stop, don't go on just yet--read it again, and maybe one more time before you venture forward and study the next phrase for the same several moments. It's like dangling joyfully on a single monkey bar before gathering the strength to swing onto the next one. It's a playground of syntax. And I am enchanted every time."