“Had he already inspired a passion in some strangers heart?”

“They all said the way to a mans heart was through his asshole.”

“He was taking Kevins cherry! The words made him harder and made him feel privileged, masterful, married. He thought how many men would pay unlimited amounts to have this inaugurating experience wit...”

“He thought to himself, Ill never be this perfect again, an idea that made him sad.”

“You are the Perfect Young Man: honest, clean, virile.”

“Wasnt it correct in America to call a man handsome rather than beautiful?”

“Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous embarkation and heroic conquest, or...”

“He didn't know all that much about how the machinery worked anyway. Such knowledge was for specialists. In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer.”

“If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.”