Sentences with phrase «when utopian dreams»

Perhaps, when utopian dreams fail — as they do, over and over, in Moon Brow — the only appropriate laughter, to borrow one of Nabokov's timeless phrases, is laughter in the dark.

Perhaps, when utopian dreams fail — as they do, over and over, in Moon Brow — the only appropriate response, to borrow one of Nabokov's timeless phrases, is laughter in the dark.