Best Lolita Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

We have curated a list of the best quotes from the book “Lolita”. Let’s get a look at quotes.

Lolita is a novel by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. It was first published in Paris in 1955. It’s was originally written in the English language and then translated into the Russian language by Nabokov. 

It’s a story of a 16-year-old girl Dolores Haze also known as Lolita, who was sexually abused by her stepfather Humbert Humbert.  He is a Professor and also a protagonist of this novel.

Many authors consider that “Lolita” is one of the greatest works of the 20th century in English literature.

Okay, we talked a lot about the book now let’s talk about the quotes from the Lolita book. Let’s get into the list of best quotes from the Lolita book without any further ado. 

Best Lolita Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov:

1. “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

2. “And the rest is rust and stardust.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

3. “He broke my heart. You merely broke my life.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

4. “Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

5. “I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don’t really exist if you don’t.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

6. “Oh, don’t cry, I’m so sorry I cheated so much, but that’s the way things are.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

7. “You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

8. “Words without experience are meaningless.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

9. “I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever, but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

10. “We loved each other with a premature love, marked by a fierceness that so often destroys adult lives.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

11. “Perhaps, somewhere, someday, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

12. “And she was mine, she was mine, the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket, she was mine.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

13. “I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

14. “if a violin string could ache, I would be that strong.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

15. “We live not only in a world of thoughts but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

13. “I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

14. “You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

15. “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

16. “Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

17. “Don’t touch me; I’ll die if you touch me.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

18. “Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

19. “Humbert was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve, but it was Lilith he longed for.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

20. “A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

21. “She was like Marat only with nobody to kill her.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

22. “I talk in a daze, I walk in a maze

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

23. “Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my own iniquity; let’s even smile a little. After all, there is no harm in smiling.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

24. “I looked and looked at her, and knew as clearly as I know I am to die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth, or hoped for anywhere else.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

25. “Be true to your Dick.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

26. “Years of secret suffering had taught me superhuman self-control.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

27. “There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

28. “Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

29. “In and out of my heart flowed my rainbow blood.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

30. “My little cup brims with tiddles.”

― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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