"Beauty is always sad"

Braulio 2022-03-25 09:01:10

Watch the movie "Lolita" in the afternoon.

It seems that language is a pale thing in the face of such a masterpiece.

Some people say that the appearance of Humbert murdered all possible 12-year-old Lolita-

But—her vulgar precociousness, deviant

Isn't it just a tragedy?

Sincerely feel that everything can be forgiven

Maybe this is literature.

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long beginning of the movie

Humbert put his hands weakly on the steering wheel, his face was haggard,

Alone, he lost everything

Lolita, the light of my life, the fire of my desires, my sin, my soul—

The great sadness that pervades this moment seems to be enough to forgive this man's morbid sin

- and absurd

All tenderness, fingertips rubbing Lolita's hairpin, even the car is lost, staggering on the road

Suppressed, pale language—

I can't say anything in front of such a masterpiece

Nabokov is lucky to write such a work

The music of the movie helps people think

like a dream for many years

The first love that died was buried by the years

The meeting of the world came too late or too early

In the flood of time, you have to find a youthful dream

She is budding enchanting

In his eyes, it turned into the real meaning of desire

We say it is beautiful because it can be ignored

Lolita's misfortune and unwillingness

Behind the brocade-like words of H.H

disfigured in pain

Dead Lolita

She used to be a witch, but now she's a dead leaf

It's Humbert who plays the game with her sincere devotion.

"She can fade and wither

I do not care

But I just need to look at her

All kinds of tenderness came to my heart"

Affectionate cowardice is poignant

His indomitable affection may be morbid but naive and humble

"Beauty is always sad"

In the end, of course, literature is not a shameless step, and should not be a thing of rhetoric

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Extended Reading
  • Uriel 2021-12-22 08:01:32

    When I was 10 years old, I was more loli than her, and I disdain it.

  • Clotilde 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    Love this movie makes people watch depressed love hate 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.

Lolita quotes

  • Miss Pratt: I know you have accepted a post at Beardsley College, and I know that there, academics are first, last, and always. Well, that's not us, Mister Humper. Here at Beardsley Prep... what we stress are the three Ds. Dramatics, Dancing, and Dating.

  • Humbert: I was not quite prepared for the reality of my dual role. On the one hand, the willing corruptor of an innocent, and on the other, Humbert the happy housewife.