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Lolita Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
- She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school.…
- But in my arms she was always Lolita.
- And this is the only immortality you and i may share, my Lolita.
- 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…
- There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor a writer of…
- Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We compared notes. We…
- My own ultraviolet darling. " Lolita
- My Carmen," I said (I used to call her that sometimes) "we shall leave this raw sore town as soon as you get out of…
- I hope you will love your baby. I hope it will be a boy. That husband of yours, I hope, will always treat you well,…
- I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female…
- As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the…
- My only grudge against nature was that I could not turn my Lolita inside out and apply voracious lips to her young matrix, her unknown…
- There are two kinds of visual memory: one when you skillfully recreate an image in the laboratory of your mind, with your eyes open (and…
- I looked and looked at her, and I knew, as clearly as I know that I will die, that I loved her more than anything…
- Oh, my Lolita, I have only words to play with!
- Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.
- I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.
- 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…
- …my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me, as my automaton…
More Lolita Quotes
- I don't follow trends. I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I call 'Lolita… — Katy Perry
- Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.' — Salman Rushdie
- She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was… — Vladimir Nabokov
- But in my arms she was always Lolita. — Vladimir Nabokov
- And this is the only immortality you and i may share, my Lolita. — Vladimir Nabokov
- I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the… — Vladimir Nabokov
- There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor… — Vladimir Nabokov
- Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We… — Vladimir Nabokov
- My own ultraviolet darling. " Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov
- My Carmen," I said (I used to call her that sometimes) "we shall leave this raw sore town as soon as you… — Vladimir Nabokov
- I hope you will love your baby. I hope it will be a boy. That husband of yours, I hope, will always… — Vladimir Nabokov
- I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard… — Vladimir Nabokov