“I didn’t know conversation was an art”

“For a woman, everything is an art”

“I don’t think I want to be a woman”

“Ah, my dear, someone has to do it”

receive It

worship It

seduce It

entertain It

absorb It

tickle It

inflate It

wash It

taste It

distract It

flatter It

accept It…

Note: These four one line quotes from a dialogue between an older and younger woman are extracted from p. 144 of Asha Lemmie’s excellent novel, “Fifty Words For Rain.”