When you see a book you want, buy it instantly because you may never find it again. - Edmund White

Guy believed everything in sex should be done slowly so as not to scare the wildlife and to ensure his own natural grace and poise.

The observer is a prince who, wearing a disguise, takes pleasure everywhere.

That eminently Parisian compromise between laziness and activity known as flanerie.

Americans are particularly ill-suited to be flaneurs. They are always driven by the urge towards self-improvement.

In New York you can tell by people's body language that no one cares what other people think of them, whereas in Paris everyone is judging everyone and the only people who have this American-style insouciance are the insane.

Wasn’t it correct in America to call a man ‘handsome’ rather than ‘beautiful’?