A Brief Crack of Light

Nabokov quote on Miller’s wall
Today I visited Miller to discuss a few book details. When he paused to take a phone call my eye traveled to the Nabokov quote stapled on his bulletin board: “The cradle rocks above an abyss. Common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” And I wondered what Nabokov would think about having his words stapled to the bulletin board of a high school football coach surrounded by photographs of football players and next to a quote by John Wooden. Read more →