A garland of quotations CXX

(Upcoming appearances: June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair, American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

By gum, I write books!

Come and watch. I mean, how often do you see a man lose his nasal virginity?
•M. Agayev, Novel with Cocaine (1936).

For an animal with upright posture the eye eventually replaces the nose, even in an erotic sense.
•Sàndor Ferenczi, Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality (1924).

The division of a man’s nose into two parts suggest...