“Whenever I start thinking of my love for a person, I am in the habit of immediately drawing radii from my love - from my heart, from the tender nucleus of a personal matter- to monstrously remote points of the universe. Something impels me to measure the consciousness of my love against such unimaginable and incalculable things as the behaviour of nebulae (whose very remoteness seems a form of insanity), the dreadful pitfalls of eternity, the unknowledgeable beyond the unknown, the helplessness, the cold, the sickening involutions and interpenetrations of space and time.”
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
Work
Speak, Memory: A Memoir
This work is an autobiographical account by a renowned novelist who traces his life's journey from his aristocratic Russian childhood through years of exile and into his later literary career. The narrative explores themes of memory, identity, and displacement, interweaving personal recollections with reflections on the craft of writing. The author examines his family's history, his education, and the cultural milieus that shaped his development as a writer, offering readers insight into the experiences and influences that contributed to his distinctive literary voice. more
Author
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-born American novelist, best known for his novel 'Lolita'. Nabokov is renowned for his unique literary style and profound use of language and symbolism. more
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