" So Humbert the Cubus schemed and dreamed- and the red sun of desire and decision (the two things that create a live world) rose higher and higher..." This is the first sentence from the last paragraph on pg 70 of Lolita. The words in parenthesis are the most important. They tell you what a live world is made of, desire and decision, how bad you want something versus the decisions you have to make to obtain it. Why is it important to have a live world...i guess it's not...it's just something we do, because as long as we are living that is exactly what we are experiencing. And whether we are aware or not every day is a choice concerning what we want in relation to what we have to do to get it. For Humbert the stakes were high. He was madly in love but in order to keep his love he had to act drastically, and he decided that drastic decisions were worth what he desired.
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