How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I have to have all space and all time participate in my emotion, in my mortal love, so that the edge of its mortality is taken off, thus helping me to fight the utter degradation, ridicule, and horror of having developed an infinity of sensation and thought within a finite existence. (15.1.4)
By thinking about the universe as an infinite and limitless beauty, and connecting his own life to it, Nabokov can soothe his fear and disgust of time passing. Think about that next time you're bored watching the clock in math class.