Book: Lolita
Quotes of Book: 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 down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. 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. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, an initial girl-child. In a princedom by the sea. Oh when? About as many years before Lolita was born as my age was that summer. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns." book-quoteGrēks, kuru es senāk auklēju samudžinātās sirds stīgās, mon grand peche radieux, ir saplacis līdz savai būtībai: līdz neauglīgam un egoistiskam netikumam; un tieši to es svītroju laukā un nolādu. Jūs varat zoboties par mani un piedraudēt atbrīvot tiesas zāli, bet, kamēr man mutē neiebāzīs sprūdu un nenoslāpēs mani, es kliegtin kliegšu par savu nabaga taisnību. Briesmīgi vēlos, lai visa pasaule uzzinātu, cik ļoti es mīlu savu Lolitu, šo Lolitu, bālu un aptraipītu, ar svešu bērnu zem sirds, bet vēl arvien pelēkām acīm, arvien krāsotām skropstām, arvien vēl gaišmatainu un salkani smaidošu, arvien vēl Karmensitu, arvien vēl manu, manu… Changeons de vie, ma Carmen, allons vivre quelque part ou nous ne serons jamais separes. book-quote
