According to Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955), among the pseudonyms he has toyed with before he hit on a particularly apt one was "Lambert Lambert:"
At the end of his manuscript Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955) says that the only immortality Lolita and he may share is the refuge of art and mentions prophetic sonnets:
According to Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Lolita, 1955), he can distinguish in Annabel Leigh (Humbert's childhood love) the initial fateful elf in his life:
In his pocket diary that he kept at Ramsdale as Charlotte's lodger Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Lolita, 1955) says that Lolita became interested in the nightmare curlicues he had penned on a sheet of paper:
In his pocket diary that he kept at Ramsdale as Charlotte's lodger Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Lolita, 1955) mentions the hideous hieroglyphics of his fatal lust:
In the Russian Lolita (1967) Gumbert Gumbert calls Dr Ivor Quilty (the Ramsdale dentist whom Gumbert visits on September 24, 1952, in order to find out his nephew's address) "Ay-da-vor! (What a thief!):"
Describing his transatlantic journey with Lucette (Van's and Ada's half-sister) onboard Admiral Tobakoff, Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) mentions Le Havre-de-Grâce, a port from which his ship had sailed:
Describing the library of Ardis Hall, Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Ada, 1969) mentions Monsieur Philippe Verger (a visiting librarian at Ardis) and Miss Vertograd (Demon Veen's librarian):
Describing Lolita's illness and hospitalization in Elphinstone (a small town in the Rocky Mountains), Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Lolita, 1955) mentions some “serum” (sparrow’s sperm or dugong’s dung) to which Lolita's young organism splendidly reacted:
