title: The Kiss: A Romantic Treasury Of Photographs And Quotes (Running Press Miniature Editions)
author: Molly Jay
description: Is a kiss really just a kiss? This collection of quotes and black-and-white photographs proves once and for all that a kiss is hardly ever without subtext. From cynics like <a href="/exec/obidos/author=Swift%2c%20Jonathan/${0}">Jonathan Swift</a> ("Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing?") to the sultry Mae West ("I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.") to romantics like <a href="/exec/obidos/author=cummings%2c%20Edward%20Estlin/${0}">e.e. cummings</a> ("...kisses are a better fate than wisdom.") to realists like Dr. Henry Gibbons ("A kiss is the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicular muscles in a state of contraction."), these folks have said a mouthful about kissing.
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  Contents
  Cover
  Title Page
  Welcome
  Dedication
  Author’s Note
  Introduction
  PART I
  Chasing the Glow
  There Was a Little Girl, Who Had a Little Curl, Right in the Middle of Her
  Forehead
  Big Girls Don’t Cry
  PART II
  The Big Stage
  Ready for Primetime
  A Chance Encounter
  A Happy Time
  Fault Lines
  PART III
  Falling
  Blackout
  Back in the Swing
  
  Outfoxed
  On My Own in a Mess of My Own Making
  Unhappy Holidays
  Center Stage, Whether I Liked 