-Nabokov
If he wasn’t describing a prepubescent girl, this would actually be romantic more than controversial. Nonetheless Nabokov is a talented writer. Who would describe one person with so much voice.
Authors are amazing in that we can get inside of their heads and see exactly how intensely they feel about people, places, and things. But there is always that one mystery we cannot solve. That one thing that separates fiction from reality. The whole story cannot be told.
Kind of looking at someone who is completely naked thinking you can see everything but truth is that is only the surface. An egg shell that is uncracked.