Saturday, October 16, 2010

Great moments in writing

The memorable opening lines of Vladimir Nabokov’s “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.”
For you aspiring writers out there, it just doesn’t better than that.

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