Accidents Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
“My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three, and, save for a pocket of warmth in the darkest past, nothing of her subsists within the hollows and dells of memory, over which, if you can still stand my style (I am writing under observation), the sun of my infancy had set: surely, you all know those redolent remnants of day suspended, with the midges, about some hedge in bloom or suddenly entered and traversed by the rambler, at the bottom of a hill, in the summer dusk; a furry warmth, golden midges.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov, 1938
The narrator mourns a lost mother, recalling fragmented, sensory memories that haunt his present.
In simple terms: Loss of a mother haunts with vivid memories.
Key Takeaway
Honor memory while embracing present life.
Themes
grief
memory
loss
nostalgia
Mood
melancholic
poetic
Type
literary
reflective
When to use this quote
- personal reflection
- writing
- therapy
Key Concepts
family
trauma
memory reconstruction
Questions to Reflect On
- What sensory detail best captures your memory?
- How can you integrate past loss into current identity?
A Different Perspective
Focusing solely on past may hinder healing.
![“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.” quote by Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f0/vladimir-nabokov-198_children_under-no-circumstances-would-he-humbert_16228.jpg)
