"It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight."
— Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita)

"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. Lo. Lee. Ta."
— Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita)

"Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves."
— Annie Dillard