 | Vladimir Berzonsky - 1985 - 188 pages
...himself would exist in any form after this life came to an end. He began his book with these words: The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense...crack of light between two eternities of darkness. (Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory) Those who believe in God, on the other hand, learn to trust less... | |
 | Gerald Dumas - 1988 - 164 pages
...Charlotte says: "What's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die." Nabokov said, "Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." That's the big picture. But the small picture is the one we gaze at most, and it is a picture of lovely... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Erich Fromm (1900-1980) American psychologist Common sense tells us that our existence is but a...crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Russian-American novelist The individual who has to justify his existence... | |
 | Brian Boyd - 1991 - 838 pages
...find the first few words of the opening sentence: "The cradle rocks above an abyss, and commonsense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." (Library of Congress collection; photo by Christopher Sykes.) Nabokov and Vera outside 802 East Seneca... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...(1917-67), US author. Ferris, in The Séjourner. • in The Jiji.vt, / of the Sail Cafe (1 951 ). 10 VLADIMIR NABOKOV (1899-1977), Russian-bom US novelist, poet. Speak, Memory, ch. 1, sel. 1 (1955, rev.... | |
 | James Jones - 1993 - 104 pages
...eternity Christ has turned all our sunsets Into dawn. ST CLEMENT Of ALEXANDRIA The cradle rocks about an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence...crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Death has been swallowed up in victory Where, 0 death, is your victory? Where, 0 death, is your sting?... | |
 | Alan C. Elms - 1997 - 328 pages
...autobiography, he explicitly linked death and pre-birth existence as states to be both sought and feared: The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense...crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ... I know ... of a young chronophobiac who experienced something like panic when looking for the first... | |
 | Efraim Sicher - 1995 - 312 pages
...also speaks of being born with the death of the nineteenth century, but from a different perspective: 'The cradle rocks above an abyss and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief cradle of light between two eternities of darkness' (Speak Memory [New York: Putnam's Sons, 1966],... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...being. CARL JUNG, (1 875-1 961 ) Swiss psychiatrist. Memories, Dreams, Reflections, ch. 1 1 (1962). 4 The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense...crack of light between two eternities of darkness. VLADIMIR NABOKOV, (1899-1977) Russian-born US novelist, poet. Speak, Memory, ch. 1, set. 1 (1955, rev.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. 8062 Speak, Memory rest at last! 10686 'Letter to Maria Gisbome' Have...rums Hindoo, His best friends hear no more of him? 8063 Strong Opinions I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a... | |
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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. 
