Lolita
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As the narrator is ashamed of his fantasies of pedophilia, imagination is often the only outlet he has for his sexual desires. Through this imagining, he is able to actually fulfill his lustful needs.
On page 71, the narrator imagines a scenario in which he is marries to Mrs. Haze and can blackmail her into allowing him to “play with my legal stepdaughter”. Such scenarios not only give him pleasure but actually allow him to convince himself to marry the woman. Just thinking and dreaming of such possibilities overcome his senses and fully control his actions.
Later on page 125, Humbert describes the scene he plays out in his head of what he wished he could do when they stay at a hotel after he picks her up from camp. He talks of stripping her mostly naked and positioning her “spread- eagled on the bed”. While he admits that it would be wrong to take advantage of her while she sleeps, in his imagination he can do no wrong and he feels this is an appropriate compromise.
On page 80, the narrator turns even the most serious of matters into an excuse to be with Lolita. He realizes that when Mrs. Haze has a caesarian, and “other complications in the safe maternity ward”, that he will be alone with Lolita. He will then have enough time with her to “gorge the little Nnymphet with sleeping pills”. The imaginative part of his brain allows him to indulge himself in whatever he wishes. Even the most horrible thoughts are allowed and so his world is one that accepts him.