Lolita Quotes
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Source: Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.
Context
This line is from the book Lolita, written by Vladimir Nabokov (1958).
This is the first line in the book Lolita, a novel whose title you can't Google without the FBI flagging you on their computers. C'mon, you know they're watching.
The reason Lolita is so scandalous is because the flaming loins belong to Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man. There must for a cream for that.
The "woman" setting fire to his loins, in a way totally different than Adele sets fire to the rain, is Lolita, who isn't even a woman; she's barely thirteen.
Lolita sets the thermostat to "ick" in its first line and lets you simmer.
Where you've heard it
We hope you've never heard this quote outside of literature class.
Additional Notable References:
- In her song "Off to the Races," Lana Del Rey quotes this line.
- Jeremy Irons of course has to say this line in the opening scene of one of Lolita's film adaptations.
- And we declared it the #16 greatest opening line of all time.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Not pretentious, but infinitely creepy.