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.

You'll find another.' God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.

I carry the place around the world in my heart but sometimes I try to shake it off in my dreams

It takes a genius to whine appealingly.

Let's borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained.

A stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.