You say, "I will come."
And you do not come.
Now you say, "I will not come."
So I shall expect you.
Have I learned to understand you?
--Lady Otomo No Sakanoe, trans. Kenneth Rexroth, in One Hundred Poems From the Japanese
"I don't know why men assume the answer to the question is no. The answer is yes, of course."
--Maureen Dowd, on the male reaction to Are Men Necessary?
