We loved each other with a premature love, marked by a fierceness that so often destroys adult lives. I was a strong lad and survived; but the poison was in the wound, and the wound remained ever open

Vladimir Nabokov
About This Quote

The title of this story is “The Poison.” It sounds like one of those tragic love stories where a girl loves a boy who isn’t interested and then dies tragically young and alone. It doesn’t end that way, though. The boy and the girl do get married and it does end happily ever after. The poison that destroyed them was their love for each other too soon, when they were too young to know what they were doing. If we wait until we’re older and wiser, we can get to know our love better and make sure it’s the right kind of love for us.

Source: Lolita

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