Selected Poems Quotes

“And the struggle began to seem muddled, unresolvable: I, the black sky, I, the lights, and the present minute— and the present minute went by. But who knows—perhaps, it was priceless”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov

“But one day while disrupting the strata of sense and descending deep down to my wellspring I saw mirrored, besides my own self and the world, something else, something else, something else.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov

“And I’m happy. I’m happy that Conscience, the pimp of my sleepy reflections and projects, did not get at the critical secret. Today I am really remarkably happy.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov