"Lolita, when she chose, could be a most exasperating brat. I was not really quite prepared for hger fits of disorganized boredom, intense and vehement griping, her sprawling, droopy, dopey-eyed style, and what is called goofing off - a kind of diffused clowning which she thought was tough in a tomboyish hoodlum way. Mentally, I found her to be a disgustingly conventional little girl. Sweet hot jazz, square dancing, gooey fudge sundaes, musicals, movie magazines and so forth - these were the obvious items in her list of beloved things. The Lord knows how many nickels I fed to the gorgeous music boxes that came with every meal we had." -Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita