He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew… — John Cheever

...your underwear is clean in case you should be hit by a taxicab and have to be undressed by strangers.

I'm wicked, as you say, and I'm rude and I'm boorish and I discovered, after marrying Mr Scaddon, that I could be all these things and worse and that there would still be plenty of people to lick my boots.

Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.