I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound.

You will walk differently alone, dear, through a thicker atmosphere, forcing your way through the shadows of chairs, through the dripping smoke of the funnels. You will feel your own reflection sliding along the eyes of those who look at you. You are no longer insulated; but I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.

You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.

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.

i'm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires

She was dazzling-- alight; it was agony to comprehend her beauty in a glance.

I want to tell you about your heart— you've probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.