“Good kissers are anti-hickey. Question: Who thought it'd be sexy to literally be a mouth vacuum? Oh, no one? GREAT — then we're officially retiring The Hickey. Be nice to Bae's neck: Small kisses down from the jaw or gentle lip-brushes FTW.”— Bernadette Anat, seventeen.com
“Good kissers keep calm and carry balm. No one can hate when your gloss game is strong, but actually mashing that onto a human's face is gross and cruel and no. Bae is probs trying to kiss your actual lips, not your Melon Mango Primer, so stick to that good ol' neutral lip balm.”— Bernadette Anat, seventeen.com
“Make sure, like your tongue, you control your saliva. Don't create river of slobber down your chins.”— Rich Santos, marieclaire.com
“Tongue use can be great, or horrible. My buddy was dating a girl who continuously licked his face when they kissed. It led to them breaking up. Remember, it's a kiss, not a facial wash. No one likes to be attacked by a tongue, or have their entire mouth filled by someone's tongue. But a tongue used…”— Rich Santos, marieclaire.com
“Don't try to control it, let it control you. A good kiss is powerful, so you should just let it grip you and go with it. The moment is broken if you try to control it.”— Rich Santos, marieclaire.com
“The foreplay we want is probably four times longer than you think. Quick suggestions: necking, kissing, flesh grabbing, kneading ass cheeks (especially when it makes our outer lips part), kissing ears, ear nibbling, breast play, nipple play, running hands over back of calves and behind knees, showin…”— Bianca Bui, thoughtcatalog.com
“This is not fast food. This is a gourmet restaurant and she wants you to savor every moment. Kiss and nibble her inner thighs, use your lips or your breath on her labia.”— Chrystal Bougon, yourtango.com
“You might be looking at 10, 20, 30 minutes (depending on your partner), so be ready. If you do want to take a break, don't be too abrupt about it. Instead, transition to something else, like kissing or massaging other parts of her body.”— Taylor Kubota, mensjournal.com
“I suggest that you turn your mouth, or your whole body, sideways to meet it where it is – and make out with it. Soft kisses at first, all over. Then, bring the tongue in, lightly at first – keeping your lips glued to hers, literally just like you were kissing her real mouth. Let the tongue go deeper…”— Alisa Bowman, projecthappilyeverafter.com
“He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment—because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.”— John Green, Colin Singleton, amazon.com
“It was his first kiss, and her lips felt like the coming winter—cold and dry and chapped—and it occurred to Colin that the kiss didn't feel nearly as good as the sound of her asking if she could be his girlfriend.”— John Green, Colin Singleton, amazon.com
“She apologized with you in her mouth, hot and hungry and holding back tears.”— Joaquin Fernandez, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know that unlike that night, tonight I won't kiss her. Or touch her. Or even see her up close. Tonight, I'll listen. And that'll be enough.”— Gayle Forman, amazon.com
“His thumb touched her lower lip, his eyes fixed on her. As if he couldn’t be stopped, the words flowed out of his mouth. ‘I want to take you in my arms, to kiss you long and hard, to touch you like you’ve never been touched, to give you the pleasure I feel running in your veins.'”— Chris Lange, amazon.com
“God, her lips were right beneath his, and he needed another taste of her so badly, every cell in his body craved it. Damning caution, he layered his mouth over hers again. She was like sinking into sugar, sweet, light, tempting... addictive. He nibbled at her lips, then prowled deeper, engaging her…”— Shayla Black, amazon.com
“I thought I was leading this kiss, but I’m not anymore, because he’s claiming me, tracing his tongue across my top lip, then nipping at the bottom lip, then kissing me so deeply and with so much heat that I shudder.”— Lauren Blakely, amazon.com
“His hands cup my face as if he’s claiming me, saying you’re mine with his lips and his hands and the way he draws me in close, his thumb tracing a line along my jaw. It’s such a small gesture, but such a poetically possessive one and I arch my back, inviting more.”— Lauren Blakely, amazon.com
“I don’t even know if I have bones in my body anymore. I don’t know how I’m standing. I could melt under the sweet heat of his lips that are now tracing a line down my chest to the very top of my breasts, as he tugs gently at my shirt, giving himself room to leave one more brush of his lips, before h…”— Lauren Blakely, amazon.com
“My cock was excited and leaking with just a kiss, like I’d been pumping into her sweet pussy.”— C.M. Steele, amazon.com
“First kisses didn’t necessarily require darkness and alcohol, they could happen in the open air, with the sun warm on your face and everything around you honest and real and true.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com