Lily

“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

“You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

“Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.”
― Vladimir Nabokov

“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. And we shall live happily ever after. ”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita