Trích đoạn chương 26, phần II, Lolita:
Wine, wine, wine, quipped the author of Dark Age who refused to be photographed, may suit a Persian bubble bird, but I say give me rain, rain, rain on the shingle roof for roses and inspiration every time.
Chú thích:
Persian bubble bird: bulbul, a bird of the thrush family, is called the nightingale of the East.