Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Topic

Shortness of life Life and death Life Eternity Time

Author

Vladimir Nabokov

Source

Speak, Memory

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Nabokov, Vladimir. Speak, Memory. Victor Gollancz, 1951.

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