"As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes, who, after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage."

-- Vladimir Nabokov

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“A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.”
“Since you went the sun refuses to shine The sky joins me in weeping for your absence All our pleasure is gone with you ... Silence reigns everywhere ... Oh come back! Already the shepherds and their flocks call for you! Come back soon, or it will be winter in May.”
“My most recent purchase was a black lace corset.”
“Whether they're glad or mortified to have said whatever, Paul Fein wasn't going to let such good quotes get away from us.”
“To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths.”

Source : Anodea Judith (2011). “Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self”, p.231, Celestial Arts
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”

Source : Kurt Vonnegut (2016). “If This Isn't Nice What Is? (Much) Expanded Second Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By”, p.131, RosettaBooks
“He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.”
“Unity is important but we have to define it. If we are talking about uniformity, that is not helping anybody because our distinctions are important. These are things that God created. I am what I am because I am supposed to be.”

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