First Kiss: A decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in love

Emil Ludwig says that the decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story.

It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.

Helen Rowland says that a man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth--and endures all the rest.