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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
Absolutely times two. The opening paragraph of Lolita is in my top five best-ever book starts.
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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.
She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.
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Those are two of the most brilliant sentences I've ever read, right after each other (well, the second one is not one sentence technically)
I like how he does not explicitly moralize, but makes very clear by the way he tells the story, and details that he empasizes, what damage such a relationship does. Confusing morals of artists with those of main characters is such an old and common mistake, it's baffling that it still happens