Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulati…

Vladimir Nabokov
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Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2010). Lolita, p.313, Vintage
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We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated, p.255, Vintage
Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. … ▶
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated, p.418, Vintage
Who can say what heartbreaks are caused in a dog by our discontinuing a romp? ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2010). Lolita, p.238, Vintage
Caress the detail, the divine detail.

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