The Book of Kisses: A Definitive Collection of the Most Passionate, Romantic, Outlandish, & Wonderful Quotations on the Intimate Art of Kissing

by William Cane (Editor)

From Lord Byron's "first kiss of love" to Kevin Costner's "long slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last for three days, " The Book of Kisses contains the most charming, witty and memorable quips to cross the lips of such famous and infamous kissers as Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Boris Yeltsin, Walter Cronkite, and hundreds of others.

The quotes cover first kisses (Errol Flynn, Elizabeth Barrett Browning) funny kisses (Jay Leno, Minnie Pearl), sensual kisses, romantic kisses, literary kisses, celebrity and movie-star kisses (Burt Reynolds, Kim Basinger), kissing definitions (Ingrid Bergman, Mickey Spillane), kissing proverbs, kissing advice and techniques (William Shakespeare, Louis Armstrong, Ronald Reagan), and kissing quotes from around the world. Who could forget legendary celluloid smooches like Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis's kiss in Some Like It Hot or Woody Allen and Diane Keaton's first kiss in Annie Hall ? Or the first time F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby kisses his beloved "at his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower"?

From Earnest Hemmingway to Spike Lee, from Napoleon and Josephine to Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett, The Book of Kisses provides plenty of pucker power and passionate inspiration for anyone searching for words to describe that elusive, soul-touching thrill of the perfect kiss.

Genres: Sexuality

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1993

About the author

William Cane has had a distinguished career as a professor of English at CUNY and Boston College, where he helped a generation of students improve their prose. Cane is the author of six books, including the international bestseller THE ART OF KISSING (St. Martin’s 1991; revised editions 1995 and 2005), which sold more than 100,000 copies in the U.S. and was translated into nineteen languages. The tremendous popularity of this title launched a series of successful follow-up books with St. Martins: THE BOOK OF KISSES (1993), THE ART OF HUGGING (1996), THE ART OF KISSING BOOK OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (1999), and KISS LIKE A STAR (2007). Cane’s self-help title THE BIRTH ORDER BOOK OF LOVE was published by Da Capo / Perseus Books in 2008. His book WRITE LIKE THE MASTERS was published by Writer’s Digest in 2009.

An attorney and a highly sought-after speaker on the college lecture circuit, Cane has appeared on almost every major television talk show, including Today, The View, and CBS This Morning. His work has been featured in print and electronic media internationally and has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Elle, and Seventeen.

Reviews

[Blane Rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating

[Lizzi Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of quotes on the fine art of kissing. Some of them were sweet, others ridiculous, but in general it was very nice for inspiration. ;-)

[Linda · Rating 1 out of 5]

nette Idee, aber teilweise sehr schlecht gealtert und viel Übergriffiges 🫤