This tattoo was submitted by Blackmagickbarbie, who says that her tattoo is “copied as verbatim, from the font to the punctuation.”
(I talk in a daze, I walk in a maze, I cannot get out, said the starling).
- Excerpt from Lolita
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In the quote "I cannot get out, said the starling" Nabokov is referencing one of my favorite books, "A Sentimental Journey" by Laurence Sterne. A reference within a reference!
Love to see someone doing this! It looks incredible. I'm getting "Lolita,qu'ai-je fait de ta vie?" (Lolita, what have I done with your life?) Yours is incredible!
where is the complete text?