Vladimir Nabokov. Ultima Thule
Vladimir Nabokov. ULTIMA THULE
"'Then you did not understand what I said about the relationship between a possible place and the impossibility of finding the object in it. All right, I shall put it more clearly. By the very act of your mentioning a given concept you placed your own self in the position of an enigma, as if the seeker himself were to hide. And by persisting in your question, you not only hide, but also believe that by sharing with the sought-for object the quality of'hiddenness' you bring it closer to you.
How can I answer you whether God exists when the matter under discussion is perhaps sweet peas or a socce