I looked and looked at her, and I knew, as clearly as I know that I will die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth. She was only the dead-leaf echo of the nymphet from long ago - but I loved her, this Lolita, pale and polluted and big with another man's child. She could fade and wither - I didn't care. I would still go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of her face.

人有三样东西是无法隐瞒的，咳嗽、穷困和爱；你想隐瞒越欲盖弥彰。人有三样东西是不该挥霍的，身体、金钱和爱；你想挥霍却得不偿失。人有三样东西是无法挽留的，时间、生命和爱；你想挽留却渐行渐远。人有三样东西是不该回忆的，灾难、死亡和爱；你想回忆却苦不堪言。