“He was ruining it. Five minutes before, hed looked at her with desire and shed thought finally. Finally, someone saw her. Finally, someone wanted her and she would know what it was like to be a wom...”

“He wanted to give her more than that. Sex with him would never be just another thing she ticked off her list. It would be all-consuming and no matter how they ended up, this woman would always reme...”

“Grabbing her close to him, he spun her around and pushed her against the wall. They needed something solid to keep them steady, because he didnt see himself giving up those lips any time soon. He w...”

“And he kissed her. Slow, hot and oh so heavy. It wasnt a kiss of love or romance. It wasnt probing or questioning. It was simple; conquer. He kissed her like it was all he wanted. He kissed her lik...”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models -- that we might not need animals in the flesh.”

“Women think in [Douglas] Sirks films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting, doing what women are supposed to do, but in Sirk the...”

“The cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second”

“One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”

“Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.Stephens kiss was lost in jest,Robins lost in play,But the kiss in Colins eyesHaunts me night an...”