It seemed he was the perfect lover, at least for the moment. He did not live where you lived. He did not see you often enough, or for long enough, for you to grow bored, or to feel afraid that you were not feeling love---or worse, that you were. The perfection had a cost, which is that he was not in any true sense a real person. He was a coat you bought off the rack, an superlative fashion statement.

— Ben Greenman

It's true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus.

— Erin Bow

It was an instant-fix afternoon quickie, and the Architect was a master of the kind. After I locked my front door after him, still radiant from recent orgasmic thrill, I had it all figured out: love yourself. Take care of yourself. Nurture yourself. Have your needs met; and everything will fit in its space. Eventually, if not earlier. Yet, there was one thing I was unable to grasp:How come men can do the nasty with their shoes on (how do they take their pants off?), yet they never fail to take off their hand watches?

— Gina Wings

I watched you try on suits in Hugo Boss.‘For the big job,’ you said. And I laughed, because I knew I would never see it. I’d never get up and watch you put it on and walk out of the door. I would never be the one that you came home to.

— Kate Chisman

I won't stay in with married Meany more said the wise girl they're too agreeable, it's a little too suchlike curlingupwith the good book. You managed book Oh, dear, did I saythegood book sighed the witch.

— Norman Mailer

Mercifully one forgets one's love affairs as one forgets one's dreams.

— Iris Murdoch

Most USA citizens never realize that the systems of public protection are essentially useless until they try to use them. At that point they learn the hard way that government agencies like OSHA, FCC, FDA, police internal affairs, disability, and the like do not work for them.

— Steven Magee

Never speak about private affairs for the public to hear.

— Habeeb Akande

Not upholding a person legal rights is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, USA government abuse of the public is a normal state of affairs in many areas.

— Steven Magee

Once when I asked you if you still loved your wife, you said, Love leaves the back door open. Later, you said, Love like a hospital gown opens at the back. And you slipped out.

— Joan Connor