“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.comTagged: first lines of books, Abyss, Meaning Of Life
“The first creatures on earth to become aware of time were also the first creatures to smile.”— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.comTagged: Time, History, Smile, Smiles
“It is astounding how little the ordinary person notices butterflies.”— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.comTagged: Butterflies, The Beauty Flies By, Seeing Seeing
“Nature expects a full-grown man to accept the two black voids, fore and aft, as stolidly as he accepts the extraordinary visions in between. 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.”— , amazon.comTagged: Growing Up, Imagination