The point I'm at in reading Lolita is pg65. At this point Humbert is totally infatuated with Lolita. He writes this of her,"I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita...In two years she would cease being a nymphet and would turn into a 'young girl', and then, into a 'college girl'-that horror of horrors.The words 'for ever' referred only to my own passion, to the eternal Lolita as reflected in my blood." It has been implied that Humbert ends up killing someone. He refers to himself as a murderer. I feel like the quote I inserted is where he gets desperate. From the beginning you know he is defected, a child molester, but i believe this is where he crosses over and gains the potential to kill. He just expresses such desire for Lolita and hopelessness in the he knows she can never be his, because she will not be the Lolita he loves forever. Basically I feel mentally this is where he snaps.
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