Alexander: And my semi-obscure French word for June is rightfully, in my opinion anyway, “frisson”.
friendships
Jonathan, on Cecily.
Jonathan: I wonder if sometimes I am the mermaid and you are the argonaut.
Rahoul, on a female.
Rahoul: A female is in the place. She must be mounted.
Two friends, on marriage on a cliff.
Alexander: Isn’t there something so much more romantic about getting hitched in a setting devoid of human touch — a place not shaped by anyone’s ideas and ideologies but your own? When you decide to let nature be your cathedral, your love becomes the architect.
Cecily: No! I want our relationship to be strong enough to blossom in reality — a reality shaped by previous architects and heavy expectations and other people’s disdain.
Charles, on Cecily’s writing.
Charles: I like how eloquent you make me sound in your writings. It’s like you’re fine-tuning the noise of a piano rolling uncontrollably down a flight of stairs.
Two friends, on dependence.
Maurice: Apparently Raj is an essential part of your life.
Cecily: I need a lot of people around me for this existence to be viable.
Maurice, on cocktails.
Maurice: Every good alliance starts with a drink. People who start to drink start to get interesting.
Charles, on nomenclature.
Charles: I found a kitten yesterday. He’s a mad alcoholic. I’m naming him Jameson after my other (found) cat.
Cecily: What’s your other cat’s name?
Charles: Whiskey.
Two friends, on profiteroles.
Cecily: Profiteroles are rather inspiring in the bedroom, I hear.
Christian: Don’t they crimple up under the pressure ? And the cream ooze out ?
Cecily: Quite right. They’re just fun little metaphors rolling around in our purses, waiting for the right moment to be brought out to ooze.
Christian: You keep profiteroles in your purse? An eclair might be more up your street.
Cecily: Eclairs, in my experience, beg to be eaten as soon as they’re bought. They’re just so damn desirable. But as a sexual presence, they’re too obviously dickish. And dicks aren’t really all that attractive. As a creative, I favour subtlety. Society has hopefully evolved beyond the phallus.
Christian: And so you start referring to testicular metaphors instead. Original.
Christian, on friends.
Christian: We all said we’d help Oscar move house. Caroline promised to clear her schedule Sunday. I said I’d bring Benjamin and Hélène. George was going to bring the boxes. Veronique said she’d send her maid.
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