At the first kiss I felt
Something melt inside me
That hurt in an exquisite way
All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish,
All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake,
Everything was transformed and enchanted
And made sense.
~Hermann Hesse

Kissing is like drinking salted water.  You drink, and your thirst increases.  ~Chinese Proverb

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?  ~Robert Browning, A Toccata of Galuppi’s

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.  ~Thomas Carlyle

[L]eave a kiss but in the cup,
And I’ll not look for wine.
~Ben Jonson, To CeliaMCTO

What lies lurk in kisses.  ~Heinrich Heine

Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.  ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus UnboundMCTO

Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can’t see anything wrong with each other.  ~Rene Yasenek

Never a lip is curved with pain
That can’t be kissed into smile again.
~Brete Harte

A kiss is just a pleasant reminder that two heads are better than one.  ~Author Unknown

Love’s first snow-drop, virgin kiss.  ~Robert Burns

Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?  ~Henry Finck

(So,when kiss Spring comes
we’ll kiss each kiss other on kiss the kiss
lips because tic clocks toc don’t make
a toctic difference
to kisskiss you and to
kiss me)
~e.e. cummings

Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.  ~Margaret Mitchell

Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.
~Dorothy Parker

A man’s kiss is his signature.  ~Mae WestWRM

I married the first man I ever kissed.  When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.  ~Barbara Bush

She kissed me, and my mouth wrote a poem of welcome to her lips. ~Terri Guillemets

How delicious is the winning
of a kiss at love’s beginning.
~Thomas Campbell

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.  ~Joe Houldsworth

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.  ~Ingrid Bergman

People who throw kisses are mighty hopelessly lazy.  ~Bob Hope

The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze.  ~Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies’ hands – after all, one must start somewhere.  ~Sacha GuitryLTC

Stolen kisses require an accomplice.  ~Just One Fool Thing After Another: A Cowfolks’ Guide to Romance

Kisses are like tears, the only real ones are the ones you can’t hold back.  ~Author Unknown

A kiss seals two souls for a moment in time.  ~Levende Waters

Her kisses left something to be desired… the rest of her.  ~Author Unknown

kisses are a better fate
than wisdom.
~e.e. cummings