A syllogism: other men die; but I Am not another; therefore I'll not die

A syllogism: other men die; but I Am not another; therefore I'll not die. Space is a swarming in the eyes; and time A singing in the ears. In this hive I'm Locked up. Yet, if prior to life we had Been able to imagine life, what mad, Impossible, unutterably weird Wonderful nonsense it might have appeared!

Владимир Набоков, Pale Fire