Dead Quote by Sarah Weinman

Nabokov can be almost too delicate at times, but in 'Lolita,' he puts his aristocratic sensitivity to use in such a dark tale that…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

The biggest crime in Nabokov's 'Lolita' is imposing your own dream upon someone else's reality. Humbert Humbert is blind. He doesn't see Lolita's reality.…

— Azar Nafisi

“Again and again as we discussed Lolita in that class, our discussions were colored by my students' hidden personal sorrows and joys. Like tearstains…

— Azar Nafisi

“Nabokov changed my life," Max said. "I was going to be a writer, and then I read Lolita and I decided to go to…

— Daniels, Leslie

The Boston run of 'Lolita, My Love' ended after a mere nine performances - though one of them was recorded at decent enough quality…

— Sarah Weinman

“Korsakov turned away, sighing heavily as he made his way toward his SUV. It had been the early winter of 1997, a dark night…

— Stephen England

The truth then is, that the Russian Comintern is still confessedly engaged in endeavoring to foment war in order to facilitate revolution, and that…

— Denis Fahey

The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the…

— Jeffrey Sachs

In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who we were…

— Maurice White

“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style." —Vladimir Nabokov”

— Leslie Langtry

'Lootera,' though not commercially successful, was a beautiful film.

— Vikrant Massey

“It amazes me still to this day how quickly the empire fell to pieces. One day the people are kissing the ground upon which…

— Robert Alexander