Cincinnatus Wept Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“And yet I have been fashioned so painstakingly,” thought Cincinnatus as he wept in the darkness. “The curvature of my spine has been calculated…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“What a misunderstanding” said Cincinnatus and suddenly burst out laughing. He stood up and took off the dressing gown, the skullcap, the slippers. He…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“What anguish! Cincinnatus, what anguish! What stone anguish, Cincinnatus—the merciless bong of the clock, and the obese spider, and the yellow walls, and the…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“There was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation…

— James Joyce

“As the clock began to toll out the hour, vibrating under the soles of my sluggish feet, I knew I was too late -and…

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“I walked slowly on, without envying my companions on horseback: for I could sit down upon an inviting spot, climb to the edge of…

— Robin Jarvis

Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he…

— Emily Dickinson

“We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust…

— Thomas Carlyle

“A few seconds later, my father broke his big toe; but his accident was a mere trifle when set beside what had befallen me…

— Salman Rushdie

“A brief rustling that broke off short, as if startled at itself, then deadly silence, that agonising, watchful hush, fraught with its own betrayal,…

— Gustav Meyrink

“Like a tightrope walker who has forgotten how to put one foot in front of the other, all I felt was the swaying of…

— W.G. Sebald

“In accordance with the law the death sentence was announced to Cincinnatus C. in a whisper.”

— Vladimir Nabokov