Humbert Quotes

Humbert the Terrible deliberated with Humbert the Small whether Humbert Humbert should kill her or her lover, or both, or neither. — Vladimir Nabokov

My little cup brims with tiddles. — Vladimir Nabokov

It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight. — Vladimir Nabokov

I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the first Humbert Humbert. — Vladimir Nabokov

Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves! — Humbert Wolfe

You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! The British journalist.
But seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to! — Humbert Wolfe

Under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row. — Vladimir Nabokov

Humbert was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve, but it was Lilith he longed for. — Vladimir Nabokov