What misery to be afraid of death. What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven.

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What misery to be afraid of death. What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven. - Mary Oliver

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What misery to be afraid of death. What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven. - Vladimir Nabokov quotes