These four one line quotes from a dialogue between an older and younger woman are extracted from p. 144 of Asha Lemmie's excellent novel, "Fifty Words For Rain."
"I didn't know conversation was an art" "For a woman, everything is an art" "I don't think I want to be a woman" "Ah, my dear, someone has to do it" receive It worship It seduce It entertain It absorb It tickle It inflate It wash It taste It distract It flatter It accept It...
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