“Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted, as I am authorized to tease you on this subject whenever we meet,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as… — Elizabeth Berg 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
The power of death signifies that this real world can only have a neutral image of life, that life's intimacy does not… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was a traditionalist - who purposefully, effectively unleashed innovation and change in himself, in the nation, and in the world.… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
“The first time someone else touched me with the intent to pleasure, I fell in love. Not with that person, but with… — Fiona Zedde Copy Share Image
“Our lives are like a house. Some people are allowed on the lawn, some onto the porch, some get into the vestibule… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“I wanted, for so long, for someone to understand me better than I understood myself, to take control of me, to save… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
I think the point of cinematography, of what we do, is intimacy. Is intent, is the balance between the familiar and the… — Christopher Doyle Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Taylor is, in my opinion, the greatest actress in film history. She instinctively understands the camera and its nonverbal intimacies. Opening… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
People have become afraid of love because in love also, death penetrates. If two lovers are sitting side by side in deep… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“If loneliness is to be defined as a desire for intimacy, then included within that is the need to express oneself and… — Olivia Laing Copy Share Image
The less you demand total fulfillment from relationships, the more you can appreciate them for the beautiful tapestries they are, in which… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
Years later, my wife, Ilusion, woke me up to the realization that you can't just "dump" your whole species simply because you've… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When we really want to hear, and be heard by, someone we love, we do not go rushing into noisy crowds. Silence… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being on the same level as everybody is really important to me. I'm trying to do really basic stuff like communicate, convey,… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
“I’ve never experienced that level of intimacy.’ He struggled to find words. ‘The physical pain – well, that was just a part of… — K.D. Grace Copy Share Image
The child awakens to a universe. The mind of the child to a world of meaning. Imagination to a world of beauty.… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
To eat together is one of the greatest promoters of intimacy. It is the satisfaction in common of a material necessity of… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Development: Surpassing leaders progress advancely from a lower to a higher state of leadership through leading… — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
An American in London...cannot but be impressed and charmed by the city. The momumentality of Washington, the thriving business of New York,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Isn’t that what intimacy so often is? Supposing you understand, conveying that you do, because you feel in theory that you could… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't live alone. He had Peter, John, and James around him. There were the Twelve and the other disciples. They formed… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
One song bled into another and they remained locked together, neither willing to break the intimacy that surrounded them, concealing them in… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
You don't have to fear this amorphous thing called grief or loss or anger or jealousy. You define it for yourself in… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“Sometimes living with memory, with the thought of what friends, those who shared your soul and dreams, will do to you is… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
“I had not slept with many men other than my husband, but I had noticed that before to sleep, actually sleep with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Journalism is a voyeuristic vocation that attracts to its employment many people who are often naturally shy and insatiably curious, and each… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
We are born, we grow up, we live our lives as best we can. If we are thoughtful we are good parents… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
In this play we're dealing with relative truths - who's lying, who's telling the truth. But underneath that, Ed and I have… — Fred Ward Copy Share Image
Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It may be worth noticing as a curious circumstance, when persons past forty before they were at all acquainted form together a… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“But the intimacy, the smallness, also made me feel shut out; and I found myself hurrying past the inviting little doorways with… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Making movies in France is different, but it's still acting, you know. You still have doubts and you're scared, always, but I… — Lea Seydoux Copy Share Image
Sex and intimacy are not the same: You can have sex all your life and never be intimate with a person. There… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
