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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.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
Do what only a true artist can do ... pounce upon the forgotten butterfly of revelation
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
…She was, obviously, one of those women whose polished words may reflect a book club or bridge club, or any other deadly conventionality, but never her soul.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
...for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
My God died young. Theolatry i found Degrading, and its premises, unsound. No free man needs God; but was I free?
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidst the night of non-being.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
Maybe the only thing that hints at a sense of Time is rhythm; not the recurrent beats of the rhythm but the gap between two such beats, the gray gap between black beats: the Tender Interval.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
To begin with, let us take the following motto...Literature is Love. Now we can continue.
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
How small the cosmos (a kangaroo's pouch would hold it), how paltry and puny in comparison to human consciousness, to a single individual recollection, and its expression in words!
Quote by -Vladimir Nabokov
I will have to admit, though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.
Quote by -Terry Goodkind
Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki...
Quote by -Thomas Harris
You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffys very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons?
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I am definitely a Type-A, tidy, everything-has-a-place kind of person, so initially encouraging a mess was against my nature. But once you realize all the benefits, it's pretty simple to let that go.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
A lot of times, when you start a show at a young age, you get stuck. You get six years of high school, but I didn't have that.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
All joking aside, I'm a television watcher and I get frustrated with shows sometimes when they set up puzzles and then they don't give answers. It's just more questions and more questions.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
It's a terrible process, what you go through, during pilot season. All the shows turn themselves in and there is a good four to six weeks before you get phone call.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
When I'm with my kids, I definitely try and be in the moment and wait till the end unless the mess poses a real danger, like slipping. But when I am cooking by myself, I definitely clean as I go to simplify.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
I don't want to feel like a failure to my daughter. She's the best thing I've ever done. Buffy - pretty great and all, but Charlotte's way better.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
Creativity is one of the most important brain functions in developing youth. It is the ultimate road to invention. I believe it is really important to both nurture and encourage this in children - and adults, too!
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
There's a part of me that will always believe that Angel is Buffy's true love. That there will be a piece of her heart that will always be with him for the rest of her life.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar
Really, how bad is eating a piece of cake? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that.
Quote by -Sarah Michelle Gellar