The quote from Nabokov's "Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" reflects a profound truth about the nature of the future. It suggests that our emotions and creative visions are irrelevant when confronted with the vast, unyielding expanse of what is to come. Instead of accommodating our desires, the future unfolds in its own way, dictated by its own rules and possibilities.
This perspective challenges us to confront the reality that while...