I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

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.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Antistatic devices (ASD) are commonly used in many industries and may present a health hazard to those who work with these.

We get Comfort from those who agree with us, but we get Growth from only those who don't agree with us !

Wasting time has an esthetics to it.

I think we've got to do more to stop foreign fighters, foreign funding and take ISIS on online, as well as doing everything necessary to keep us safe at home.

You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

Just let me be me, That's the only way I know.

Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.

There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.

Many littles make a much.