Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. — John Green Copy Share Image
“When we were in bed, the only part of me she touched was my penis, because it was the most detached.” — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
I love the intimacy of TV. I love the fact that you don't necessarily have the pressure of an audience or anyone… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers. — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Since a thing cannot be known directly or totally, one can only attune to it, with greater or lesser degrees of intimacy. — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
“There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.” — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“Flight usually intensifies the very thing one flees and establishes a special intimacy with it.” — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
“Happiness is hanging with friends who know you way more than you'd care to share.” — Todd Stocker Copy Share Image
“You know, when I see a good-looking man, the first thing I think about is sex. I want to see him naked,… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
'The Luminaries' is such a different book to 'The Rehearsal.' There are only a couple of things that link the two books:… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
My love of poetry comes from the "actualization" I experienced in the poetry of others. And I was reading it silently and… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“Intimacy with God resolves in reproduction; when you are intimate with God, visions are birthed, dreams are born, revelations are given, prayers… — ANIKOR Daniel Copy Share Image
“I know it's too early for the L-word, and yet it's there, bursting from the seams, begging to be spoken. And as… — Misty Wilson Copy Share Image
“I had never walked anywhere with a boy holding hands. It always looked so silly when I watched other people doing it,… — Courtney Rene Copy Share Image
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Oh, we had a lot of sex back then in Montreal; it wasn’t just me. Blame it on the cold. The roses… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education,… — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
“I wonder if she feels from me the thing I feel about her when I touch her. Not in sex, which he… — Cynan Jones Copy Share Image
Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“But he place a gentle palm under her chin and turned her face back to him. “I'm privileged to see you like… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
When a man and woman are successfully in love, their whole activity is energized and victorious. They walk better, their digestion improves,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“In the bedroom the truer, unpremeditated behavior of intimacy appears, the way this spouse relates to others on the most personal level,… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
The absence of words is the absence of intimacy. There are experiences that are starved for language. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
...available people are the ones who are dangerous, because they confront us with the possibility of real intimacy. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when Eve looks at him, she is baffled by the thought that thousands of people have met Danny, and only a… — Laura Brooke Robson Copy Share Image
The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
“The miraculous intimacy we shared did not have the time to generate into resentful emotional bondage” — Josephine Hart Copy Share Image
Just to see two men or two women dancing together, it's not necessarily about sexuality, it's just about intimacy and respect. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Intimacy in all human relationships—especially with God—can occur only as vulnerability and inadequacy are owned.” — Belden C. Lane Copy Share Image
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“Sexual intimacy is not the destination, it is the path - the path that leads to mental union.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone. — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
“Trust is the bedrock of intimacy; it is the ability to rely on someone because you believe that he or she has… — Chana Levitan Copy Share Image
Passion can never purchase what true love desires: true intimacy, self-giving, and commitment — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy. — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
