I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I have not been able to track down chapter and verse I like the suggestion that dourness is not a sacred attribute.

suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient.

Frigidity is largely nonsense. It is this generation's catchword, one only vaguely understood and constantly misused. Frigid women are few. There is a host of diffident and slow-ripening ones.

Scratch any father, you find / Someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, / Believing change is a threat.

A lover would find life less broken apart after a misguided love affair if they could feel that they had been sinful rather than foolish.

The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.

Ladies with curly hair / Have time to spare.