John Shade

John Shade is a fictional character in Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire.

Read more about John Shade:  Shade and Family, Shade's Poetry, Shade's Commentator

Famous quotes containing the word shade:

    “She leaned far out on the window-sill,
    And shook it forth with a royal will.

    “Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
    But spare your country’s flag,” she said.

    A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,
    Over the face of the leader came;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)