“Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.”

“Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.”

“…But love is like the measles; the later in life it affects you, the more severe the consequences"
"Is there anything you can take for it?”

“Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.”

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”

“A mastiff dog
May love a puppy cur for no more reason
Than that the twain have been tied up together.”

“I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.”

“You want safe? Find a nice puppy you can train to come heel. Love's supposed to be scary. Because if there's no fear, there's no thrill.”

“Conceited little mega-puppy.”

“Puppy presents on the rug. This sucked.”