Kisses are like tears, the only real ones are the ones you can’t hold back.
—Unknown
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
Kissing is like drinking salted water. You drink, and your thirst increases.
—Chinese Proverb
The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss.
—Indian Proverb
People who throw kisses are mighty hopelessly lazy.
—Bob Hope (1903–2003) British-born American Comedian
Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
—Drew Barrymore (b.1975) American Actress, Producer, Director
Her kisses left something to be desired… the rest of her.
—Indian Proverb
What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?
—Robert Browning (1812–89) English Poet
Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Poet, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist
A kiss is the upper persuasion for a lower invasion.
—Indian Proverb
Were kisses all the joys in bed,
One woman would another wed.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
When I saw you, I was afraid to meet you… When I met you, I was afraid to kiss you… When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you… Now that I love you, I’m afraid to lose you.
—Anonymous
Take it and return it: the kiss of love
—Unknown
Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made
For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Stolen kisses are always sweetest.
—Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) British Poet, Essayist, Journalist
They say there’s microbes in a kiss, This rumor is most rife, Come, lady dear, and make of me – An invalid for life
—Unknown
Oh, so woeful a kiss has never a lover recieved; if another come to know such a kiss I swear that it will not leave them unchanged.
—Indian Proverb
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
—Judy Garland (1922–69) American Actress, Singer
A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one.
—Guy de Maupassant (1850-93) French Novelist, Short-story Writer
Always remember this: ‘A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses’.
—John Lennon (1940–80) British Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Activist
Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American Humorist, Journalist
The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze.
—Indian Proverb
How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, hat the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
—Mistinguett (1875–1956) French Dancer, Actress
What lies lurk in kisses.
—Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German Poet, Writer
I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?
—Ingrid Bergman (1915–82) Swedish Actor
Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.
—Margaret Mitchell (1900–49) American Novelist, Journalist
[T]hen I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
—Agnes de Mille (1905–93) American Dancer, Choreographer
Kiss me and you will see how important I am.
—Sylvia Plath (1932–63) American Poet, Novelist
A kiss may ruin a human life.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright