It was time to pull my moral socks up and behave myself.

If this was The Lord of the Rings and I had a smart British voice like Cate Blanchett, I could tell you the background of the events of that fall in a really suspenseful way. And you’d be straining to hear the rest.

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American.

No, I like you alive and warm and wiggling.

I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him!

It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.