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Quotes About Obsession

El dolor quedó en mí, y a partir de entonces ella me hechizó, hasta que, al fin, veinticuatro años después, rompí el hechizo encarnándola en otra.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Humbert was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve, but it was Lilith he longed for
~ Vladimir Nabokov
But that mimosa grove--the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl with her seaside limbs and ardent tongue haunted me ever since--until at last, twenty-four years later, I broke her spell by incarnating her in another.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I heard my sweetheart running up the stairs. My heart expanded with such force that it almost blotted me out. I hitched up the pants of my pajamas, flung the door open: and simultaneously Lolita arrived, in her Sunday frock, stamping, panting, and then she was in my arms, her innocent mouth melting under the ferocious pressure of dark male jaws, my palpitating darling!
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Did I ever mention that her bare arm bore the 8 of vaccination? That I loved her hopelessly? That she was only fourteen?
~ Vladimir Nabokov
my own desire for her blinds me when she is near
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, luz de mi vida, fuego de mis entrañas. Pecado mío alma mía . Lo-li-ta: la punta de la lengua emprende un viaje de tres pasos paladar abajo hasta apoyarse, en el tercero, en el borde de los dientes. Lo. Li. Ta.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I said nothing. I pushed her softness back into the room and went in after her. I ripped her shirt off. I unzipped the rest of her, I tore off her sandals. Wildly, I pursued the shadow of her infidelity; but the scent I traveled upon was so slight as to be practically undistinguishable from a madman's fancy.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Even then I would go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of your dear wan face, at the mere sound of your raucous young voice
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I wonder if during the course of these tragic notes, I have sufficiently stressed the sending quality of my striking, if perhaps somewhat brutal good looks". (Humbert in Lolita)
~ Vladimir Nabokov
The repetition of words and phrases, the intonation of obsession, the hundred percent banality of every word, the vulgar soapbox eloquence mark these elements of Dostoevski's style.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I could not kill her, of course, as some have thought. You see, I loved her. It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita. Repeat till the page is full, printer.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. ... But in my arms she was always Lolita.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul, Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
All at once we were madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love with each other.
~ Vladimir Nabokovir Nabokov
many companies fail to deliver exceptional value because they are obsessed by the novelty of their product or service, especially if new technology plays a part in it.
~ W. Chan Kim
I can't help but desire you. I want to taste you again. This feeling I have for you is more than intense " he said roughly. "It is a possessive thing greedy. I look at you Corinne Bishop and all I can think is that you are mine .
~ Lara Adrian
I never knew what it was to crave a woman's touch. Or to hunger for a woman's kiss." "And now you do?" she asked hesitantly. "Since I met you, Corinne Bishop, I've been thinking of little else.
~ Lara Adrian
yeah, maybe I should make you scream for me," he uttered against her skin. "I want every male in this building to know that you belong to me. Only me.
~ Lara Adrian
You're mine," he growled as he rocked into her. "I've known it all along. Even fate knows you're mine, Phaedra.
~ Lara Adrian
I saw her, and I knew I had to have her. On my canvas. In my bed. At my total mercy.
~ Lara Adrian
It's crazy how much I want her. Worse than crazy; it's negligent as hell, especially now that her life is in my hands. If I am to protect her, I damn well can't do it from between her legs.
~ Lara Adrian
I have a thing for you, Ms. Laurent. In case you haven't noticed.
~ Lara Adrian