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Vladimir Nabokov quotes

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“I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“We loved each other with a premature love, marked by a fierceness that so often destroys adult lives.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“I was weeping again, drunk on the impossible past.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“And the rest is rust and stardust.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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