But the individual atom is free: it pulsates as it wants, in high or low gear; it decides itself when to absorb and when to radiate energy.


Bend Sinister (p. 159), Henry Holt & Company. 1947

Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

But the individual atom is free: it pulsates as it wants, in high or low gear; it decides itself when to absorb and when to radiate energy.

But the individual atom is free: it pulsates as it wants, in high or low gear; it decides itself when to absorb and when to radiate energy.

But the individual atom is free: it pulsates as it wants, in high or low gear; it decides itself when to absorb and when to radiate energy.

But the individual atom is free: it pulsates as it wants, in high or low gear; it decides itself when to absorb and when to radiate energy.