“We actually all tend to make assumptions when it comes to those we love. It’s called the closeness-communication bias. As wonderful as… — Kate Murphy Copy Share Image
Wisdom will never let us stand with any man on an unfriendly footing. We refuse sympathy and intimacy with people, as if… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There are people who feel they should be with you, but something is preventing them from coming close. Please can you just… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Since the founding of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other mainstays of what technology writers have come to call 'the social Web' or… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture.… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
“How do you control your telekinesis while intimate with your mate?" "I broke a damn lot of furniture at the start, including… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
“In this day and age — the great age of modernists — you don’t ruin a love by being unfaithful or unjust;… — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
A child without an acquaintance of some kind with a classic of literature ... suffers from that impoverishment for the rest of… — Lizette Woodworth Reese Copy Share Image
For a long time I thought-'I've got to buck up and be strong. I've got to put on a brave face-and get… — Rebecca St. James Copy Share Image
Books, gentlemen, are a species of men, and introduced to them you circulate in the "very best society" that this world can… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“I heard him sweeping with the broom, and then he suddenly stopped. I had obviously got his attention, and he was looking.… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“Let's not pretend that I couldn't get you to do whatever I asked of you," he hissed, shoving harder against me when… — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
Communication leads to community that is, to understanding, intimacy, and the mutual valuing that was previously lacking. Community can be defined simply… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
This human need for mysticism – surrender to an unknown truth, union – stands at the helm of all romantic feeling. It… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
More platform-sensitive generations will make distinctions between online and in-person intimacy, whereas fourteen-year-olds have very nuanced online selves and might embody their… — Charlotte Cotton Copy Share Image
“He was the kind of man I wanted: wild, hot, horny, and losing control. And it all pointed back to me, about… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
“At the same time, we are hard at work constructing intimacy with algorithms, from our willingness to play along with Siri to… — Ed Finn Copy Share Image
In my mind, marriage is a spiritual partnership and union in which we willingly give and receive love, create and share intimacy,… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“Ham had a way of encouraging intimacy, of making you feel you'd known him for years, and only when you had known… — Tom Franklin Copy Share Image
There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it… — Gary Allan Copy Share Image
“To feel aroused is to feel alive. Having great sex is like taking in huge lungfuls of fresh air, essential to your… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
As she stood down below him on the street,it seemed impossible that she'd connected with him as she had,but then,the phone was… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
My writing partner, Joni Lefkowitz, and I love studying girl friendships in particular because they seem defined by a combination of codependent… — Susanna Fogel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the thing you fear the most in your relationship turns out to be the thing that brings you and your partner… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Most teams are naturally flat; they have fewer members than a large enterprise, which allows for intimacy and trust to form. This… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
“That’s love. A part of what makes it so awesome is the level of real, true intimacy, and the risk you take… — Lauren Dane Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you last night. We went to the store cupboard to make out, but we ended up sharing… — Michael Summers 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
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
“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 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
“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
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
“I offer you my mouth— Let me marry my lips to the tops of your thighs, I kneel between your legs. I… — Chantelle Ann Copy Share Image
Each couple's version of intimacy is so fascinating to me. A friend will tell me about her marriage, and I'll think, 'Yikes,… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
