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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down th... - MORE Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

Vladimir Nabokov

infatuation

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Oh Lolita, you are my girl, as Vee was Poe's and Bea Dante's, and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and... - MORE Oh Lolita, you are my girl, as Vee was Poe's and Bea Dante's, and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and scanties?

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affection | lust

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And do not pity C. Q. One had to choose between him and H. H., and one wanted H. H. to exist at least a couple of months longer, s... - MORE And do not pity C. Q. One had to choose between him and H. H., and one wanted H. H. to exist at least a couple of months longer, so as to have him make you live in the minds of later generations. I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita.

Vladimir Nabokov

art

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Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name. Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.

Vladimir Nabokov

autobiography | authorship

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Humbert Humbert. What a thrillingly different name. Humbert Humbert. What a thrillingly different name.

Vladimir Nabokov

names

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Darling, you know, I have a most ambitious fantasy. Darling, you know, I have a most ambitious fantasy.

Vladimir Nabokov

fantasies | marriage

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No, I'm Spartacus. You come to free the slaves or something? No, I'm Spartacus. You come to free the slaves or something?

Vladimir Nabokov

names

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Isn't it great to have a lovely, tall, pretty, little, small daughter like that? It's really wonderful. Isn't it great to have a lovely, tall, pretty, little, small daughter like that? It's really wonderful.

Vladimir Nabokov

daughters | fathers

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Between here and that old car outside there are twenty-five paces. Make them. Now. Between here and that old car outside there are twenty-five paces. Make them. Now.

Vladimir Nabokov

departure and parting | walking

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I think it was your cherry pies. I think it was your cherry pies.

Vladimir Nabokov

eating | sex

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