A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in… — Jack Kerouac

Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk — real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious.

Life is life, and kind is kind.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.