# Quote — Woody Allen, Side Effects

> My second wife was beautiful, but lacked real passion. I recall once, while we were making love, a curious optical illusion occurred and for a split second it almost looked as though she was moving.

- Author: [Woody Allen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen.md)
- Book: [Side Effects](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Woody_Allen#Side_Effects_(1980)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [passion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/passion.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects/my-second-wife

## More from this book

> Agathon: But all that talk about death being the same as sleep.
>
> Socrates: Yes, the difference is that when you're dead and somebody yells, "Everybody up, it's morning," it's very hard to find your slippers.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects/agathon-but-all.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md)

> It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects/it-is-impossible.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)

> Is anything in nature actually "perfect" with the exception of my Uncle Hyman's stupidity? Who am I to demand perfection? I, with my myriad faults. I made a list of my faults, but could not get past: 1) Sometimes forgets his hat.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects/is-anything-in-nature.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)