"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do
with how you smell ... That's why perfume and deodorant are so
popular."
Mae, age 9
"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but
the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."
Manuel, age 8
"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't
want to do it. It takes too long."
Glenn, age 7
"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like
anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet."
Brian, age 7
"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time."
Christine, age 9
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty
good too."
Greg, age 8
"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid
good money for them."
Gavin, age 8
"They are just practicing for when they might have to walk down the
aisle someday and do the holy matchimony thing."
John, age 9
"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Dinosaurs' is
on television."
Jill, age 6
"Love is foolish ... but I still might try it sometime."
Floyd, age 9
"Yesterday I kissed a girl in a private place ... We were behind a
tree."
Carey, age 7
"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I been
trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding
me."
Dave, age 8
"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard
enough."
Regina, age 10
"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores."
Del, age 6
"Shake your hips and hope for the best."
Camille, age 9
"Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs ... and don't
worry if their parents are right there."
Manuel, age 8
"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get
attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love."
Alonzo, age 9
"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she
likes to eat. French fries usually works for me."
Bart, age 9
"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if
he's in love."
Bobby, age 9
"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get
cold... Other people care more about the food."
Bart, age 9
"Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are just
wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just broke
up."
Sarah, age 9
"See if the man has lipstick on his face."
Sandra, age 7
"Some lovers might be real nervous, so they are glad that they finally
got it out and said it and now they can go eat."
Dick, age 7
"I know one reason that kissing was created. It makes you feel warm
all over, and they didn't always have electric heat or fireplaces or
even stoves in their houses."
Gina, age 8
"You can have a big rehearsal with your Barbie and Ken dolls."
Julia, age 7
"You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best
of you."
Brian, age 7
"It might help to watch soap operas all day."
Carin, age 9
"When they're rich."
Pam, age 7
"It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you ..
That's why I stopped doing it."
Tammy, age 10
"If it's your mother, you can kiss her anytime. But if it's a new
person, you have to ask permission."
Roger, age 6
"I look at kissing like this: Kissing is fine if you like it, but
it's a free country and nobody should be forced to do it."
"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work."
Dick, age 7
"Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." Dave, age 8