“In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.”

“Godiva was tired and old and Gertrude Stein in spring bought a new car...”

“Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire.”

“Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.”

“He took the hat from my mouth. ''Tell me you love me'', he said. Gently I did. The end came anyway”

“It almost seemed as if there must be some random and of course unfair thrift in the emotional housekeeping of the world, if the great happiness--however temporary, however flimsy--of one person could come out of the great unhappiness of another.”

“Beneath the sheet—which was already lower on his hips than should be legal — HeWasStillHard”