“But I, when I undress meEach night, upon my kneesWill ask the Lord to bless meWith apple-pie and cheese.”

“Here we have baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs.”

“Here we have a baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs.”

“Some statesmen go to Congress and some go to jail. It is the same thing after all.”

“When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred He quoth: "A large cold bottle and a small hot bird!"”

“All human joys are swift of wing For heaven doth so allot it That when you get an easy thing You find you haven't got it.”

“We thought everything would be forgotten, but I still remember yourclaws running down my back.I wonder if you still think about us,the way I do.How our legs would crash into each other in the middl...”

“Cole, I said, do you think Im lovable?As in cuddly and?As in able to be loved, I said.Coles gaze was unwavering. Just for a moment, I had the strange idea that I could see exactly what he had looke...”

“A spouse who refuses to cultivate or fan physical intimacy first devalued the marriage in their mind and priorities. Spouses who defile their marriage bed first lost honor for their marriage.”

“you are a lover of the wordsa soul mate to the storyeverything becomes a part of youfrom my fingertips to your eyesfrom my heart to yours”

“But now books and men had gone their separate ways. Who has the patience for a book? Only a book.”

“Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.”

“Mark ran his fingers over the bindings and whispered words, written long ago, words that wriggled through the aged leather, trembled beneath his touch. What lives and loves, hopes and dreams, death...”

“When I read books, it is like I have met the sacred souls.”

“Non lo avevo mai compreso. Era ottimista sempre e io ... io mi lasciavo trascinare dalle emozioni, mi si abbattevano addosso senza poterci fare nulla.”