Kissing Quotes I

A kiss is something you cannot
give without taking and cannot
take without giving.
-Anonymous-

You may conquer with the sword,
but you are conquered by a kiss.
-Daniel Heinsius-

That farewell kiss which resembles greeting,
that last glance of love which becomes
the sharpest pang of sorrow.
-George Eliot-

The moment eternal
- just that and no more -
When ecstasy's utmost
we clutch at the core
While cheeks burn, arms open,
eyes shut, and lips meet!
-Robert Browning-

There is the kiss of welcome
and of parting, the long, lingering,
loving, present one;
the stolen, or the mutual one;
the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow;
the seal of promise
and receipt of fulfillment.
-Thomas C. Haliburotn-

The sunlight claps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea:
What are all these kissings worth
If thou kiss not me?
-Percy Bysshe Shelley-

...then I did the simplest thing in the world.
I leaned down... and kissed him.
And the world cracked open.
-Agnes de Mille-

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu-

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.
-Emil Ludwig-