Thursday, August 28, 2008

Bookbag: Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

Mary Highsmith, observing how little Pat was interested in the opposite sex, took it upon herself to find her daughter a boyfriend. Pat and her date would go out for a meal followed by dancing, but when it came to kissing goodnight, the sixteen-year-old girl found the practice disgusting. "It's like falling into a bucket of oysters, isn't it?"
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UPDATE: Just so no get the wrong idea, a balance quote from the first date scene in Valerie Breiman's Love and Sex:
"What was your longest kiss?"

"I don't know. I'd have to think about it . . . "

"No, don't tell me, it'll only make me jealous. Just make sure this one is longer."

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