Does he lay with you in the grass? Does he stare up at the stars, speaking of his dreams, wishing he could roll over and kiss you and run his fingers along the breasts that tease him beneath the shirt--the shirt he knows he will carry home with him and smell and, God help him, sleep in, just so that he could be close to you?Charlotte Featherstone
About This Quote
This quote comes from an old British song called "You're The One That I Want", written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was first performed in the musical "South Pacific" in 1949. The lyrics are about the man who dreams of the woman he wants to marry, but has never met. She's beautiful, lively, and confident. He knows he will love her very much.
But he is so shy that he can't even look at her face. He stares up at the stars at night and longs to kiss her. He dreams of her so much that his heart aches, but he has never dared to speak to her or even meet her eyes. He can't even look into them because he is afraid that if she sees how much she means to him, she might run away from him like a frightened deer. So for years he sits alone on his bed, staring at the ceiling and singing endless songs about her--songs that go on for years, day after day; songs that make him cry; songs that make him laugh; songs that make him long to be with her again; songs like this one. He knows he must meet her soon because his heart can leave his chest, and it's possible that she may actually come to see him one day! At last the day arrives when they meet, and then everything changes.
Suddenly she is all up in his face--laughing, talking, teasing him with comments like "Why don't you just come over here and put your arm around me?" And then she does just that--and their arms are around each other for the first time. They are holding hands across the dinner table--and it doesn't matter if there are others around who might know their secret---when they kiss it is as though they have been kissing every day for years---as though they have known each other forever---as though they were meant to be together...
Source: Addicted
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