Monday, May 4, 2026

Although I've Never Read It, the First Line Makes Me Want To

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.

Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita

Seriously, even if the ideas eventually presented make readers a bit squeamish, who doesn't want to know more about Lolita based on that first line? Fire of my loins? It has a certain baseness that is both intriguing and crass.

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