The Story of Us (1999)

Julie Hagerty: Liza

Quotes 

• Rachel : It's not an affair. Theresa never had sex with him, they just kissed.

  Katie Jordan : A kiss is an affair.

  Liza : You think so?

  Katie Jordan : Absolutely. Once you establish anything truly intimate with another person, even talking, it has to affect the person you're supposed to be the most intimate with.

  Liza : But the crazy thing is that Theresa could fuck her husband. She just couldn't kiss him, I mean really kiss him.

  Rachel : It's not so crazy. There have been times when I'm so angry at Stan that I could fuck him but I don't want that count on anyone near me.

  Katie Jordan : A kiss can be so much more intimate than sex.

  Liza : Yeah. Why is that?

  Rachel : Because fucking means "yeah, yeah, I love you" but a kiss, a kiss means "I like you".

• Rachel : The key to a happy marriage is to accept the essential chasm between men and women.

  Liza : Which is?

  Rachel : A man can mend a fight with sex. A woman can't have sex until they've resolved the fight.

  Liza : Why is that?

  Rachel : It's the basic difference between the penis and the vagina. A penis is a thruster, a battering ram, if you will. Even if it's mad, it can ram. Sometimes it even helps. It's the mad ram principle. However, the vagina - ah, the vagina. The vagina has to be relaxed in order to open and receive. It can't be that gracious hostess in a state of anger. And that goes for blow jobs and kissing as well. Every female point of entry needs to know that the penis is coming... in peace.