Lolita Love Quotes Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #7 He was the only man she had ever been crazy about […] And I had never counted, of course? (2.29.30) |
Learning that Lolita actually loved Clare Quilty is deeply disturbing. How can this be? Humbert longs to know her feelings for him, even after so many years.
| Quote #8 "Lolita," I said, "this may be neither here nor there but I have to say it. Life is very 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. And we shall live happily ever after." (2.29.68) |
Humbert's last ditch effort to win Lolita back stirs feelings in the reader. Do we actually want her to leave Dick and return to Humbert? What's the deal?
| Quote #9 I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you. I was despicable and brutal, and turpid, and everything, mais je t'aimais, je t'aimais. (2.32:4) |
Humbert writes a lot about loving Lolita. His expressions of love and expressions of guilt often go together. Why?
