~ The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender. ~

~ The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss. ~

~ A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know. ~

~ Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. ~

~ A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest. ~

~ Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath. ~

~ Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases ~

~ The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling ~

~ Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses'. ~

~ The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze. ~

~ How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. ~

~ A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition. ~

~ I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since. ~

~ 'Twas not my lips you kissed But my soul ~

~ People who throw kisses are mighty hopelessly lazy. ~