• The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free.

    Vladimir Nabokov: The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free.
    Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1996). “Novels and Memoirs, 1941-1951”, Library of America