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Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International)
ALBINUS had never been very lucky in affairs of the heart. Although he was good-looking, in a quiet well-bred way, he somehow failed to derive any practical benefit from his appeal to women—for there was decidedly something very appealing about his pleasant smile and the mild blue eyes which bulged a little when he was thinking hard (and as he had ... See more
Vladimir Nabokov • Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International)
Her love was of the lily variety;
Vladimir Nabokov • Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International)
Come and be worshiped, come and be caressed, 270 My dark Vanessa, crimson-barred, my blest My Admirable butterfly! Explain How could you, in the gloam of Lilac Lane, Have let uncouth, hysterical John Shade Blubber your face, and ear, and shoulder blade?
Vladimir Nabokov • Pale Fire (Vintage International)
his expressionless face and cropped head were between her legs and a last fruit fell with a thud—the dropped dot of an inverted exclamation point.
Vladimir Nabokov • Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Vintage International)
“Ada, our ardors and arbors”—a dactylic trimeter that was to remain Van Veen’s only contribution to Anglo-American poetry—sang through his brain.