Quotes from bookPale Fire
Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary and index written by Shade's neighbor and academic colleague, Charles Kinbote. Together these elements form a narrative in which both fictional authors are central characters.
“for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word.”
Vladimir Nabokov book Pale Fire
Source: Pale Fire
“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
by the false azure in the windowpane;”
Vladimir Nabokov book Pale Fire
Source: Pale Fire (1962)
