Embracing Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
““In spite of everything I love you, and will go on loving you–on my knees, with my shoulders drawn back, showing my heels to the headsman and straining my goose neck–even then. And afterwards–perhaps most of all afterwards–I shall love you, and one day we shall have a real, all-embracing explanation, and then perhaps we shall somehow fit together, you and I… we shall connect the points… and you and I shall form that unique design for which I yearn.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Gift, 1963
Love persists despite hardship, expressed through vivid, defiant imagery of devotion and hope for unity.
In simple terms: Love endures through struggle.
Key Takeaway
Embrace love’s resilience.
Themes
love
resilience
hope
Mood
hopeful
determined
Type
poetic
romantic
When to use this quote
- personal relationships
- overcoming adversity
- expressing devotion
Key Concepts
defiant devotion
poetic longing
unity
Questions to Reflect On
- What does “standing on knees” symbolize for you?
- How can love become a unifying design?
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