“Passing through the early fog, the fruitseller’s boat nudged the edge of the canal beside the Palazzo Malipiero. All around was stillness. Casanova whispered to me, “This is the type of pause that occurs just in the instant before la petite mort. The breath held before the gasp followed by the exquisite release.” HistoryHumourWittyHistorical FictionFiction NovelSatiricalMemoirs Book:Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell Source: Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell
“I came to, looking as together as one of Phil Spector’s hairdos. I felt like Clark Kent after a hard night on the kryptonite. I opened one eye. The morning sunlight slatted its way through the wooden shutters. The bed was strewn with naked bodies. A one-hundred-dollar bill was fluttering in the breeze, poised as it was, between a groupie’s buttocks. Even more concerning, a five-hundred-dollar bill was fluttering between mine.” FunFictionHistoryFiction NovelStories Of PeopleBiography Of Famous PeopleLife As It Was Book:Magic Alex and the Secret History of Rock and Roll Source: Magic Alex and the Secret History of Rock and Roll
“Disgusting foods, as Madame de Pompadour discovered, do not arouse the senses. They only dull them. Seduction, as you know by now, for women starts with the ears and for men starts with the eyes and for both, travels directly to the stomach. Some say you need sweet murmurings in the ears, but I say laughter, intrigue and delicacies are more powerful.” FunnyHistoryWittySatiricalEuropean HistoryHistorical NovelEighteenth CenturyCasanova Humour Book:Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell Source: Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell