“Lolita represents a different cultural type than her ancestors. She is not just an adolescent girl on her way to womanhood but a new specimen of humanity whose progeny will embody a historically unparalleled strain of youthfulness, even in their old age. In that sense we all share Lolita’s age.”Tagged: Lolita, Quotes about the work of Vladimir Nabokov, The New Age, Back to an Adolescent Civilization, Hipsters