The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before.

Feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

Most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.

She wanted to exist only as a conscious flower, prolonging and preserving herself

How different it all was from what you'd planned.

This is what I think now: that the natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness.