The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the first Humbert Humbert.

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

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

Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences.

I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female poodles being given that name since 1956, but of no human beings.

Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés.