--- title: "Great Intimacy Qoutes" description: "Browse 1,461 Intimacy quotes by 1,030 authors. Discover the best Intimacy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/c-e-morgan-24255_action_i-think-the-primary-gift-of-the-animal-i_2119083.jpg" --- > [I think the primary gift of the animal is offered to writer and non-writer alike; they teach us about love, or attunement,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-e-morgan/i-think-the-primary-gift-of-the-animal-is-offered-to-writer-and-non/) [C.E. Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-e-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/c-e-morgan-24255_action_i-think-the-primary-gift-of-the-animal-i_2119083.jpg) > [With our technologies--ones of incalcuable power: earth-restoring, planet preserving--we can rediscover an intimacy, a mutuality with the natural world, that is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-kauffman/with-our-technologies-ones-of-incalcuable-power-earth-restoring/) [Janet Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-kauffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/janet-kauffman-71402_awe_with-our-technologies-ones-of-incalcuabl_1077793.jpg) > [I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-carver/i-loved-you-so-much-once-i-did-more-than-anything-in-the-whole-wide/) [Raymond Carver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-carver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/raymond-carver-2821_believe_i-loved-you-so-much-once-i-did-more-than_1270327.jpg) > [I have been a lucky man. To feel the intimacy of brothers is a marvelous thing in life. To feel the love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-neruda/i-have-been-a-lucky-man-to-feel-the-intimacy-of-brothers-is-a/) [Pablo Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-neruda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/pablo-neruda-435_affection_i-have-been-a-lucky-man-to-feel-the-inti_470391.jpg) > [We need way more intimacy than nearly anyone considers normal. Always hungry for it, we seek solace and sustenance in the closest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-eisenstein/we-need-way-more-intimacy-than-nearly-anyone-considers-normal-always/) [Charles Eisenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-eisenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/charles-eisenstein-6748_available_we-need-way-more-intimacy-than-nearly-an_1359970.jpg) > [the growth of intimacy is like that. First one gives off his best picture, the bright and finished product mended with bluff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-growth-of-intimacy-is-like-that-first-one-gives-off-his-best/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_accepted_the-growth-of-intimacy-is-like-that-firs_1330323.jpg) > [“THE WAY SHE SEES ME My heart becomes increasingly unsteady like a Miura behind the sweltering gates of a charged arena. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luccini-shurod/the-way-she-sees-me-my-heart-becomes-increasingly-unsteady-like-a/) [Luccini Shurod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luccini-shurod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/luccini-shurod-16117_love_the-way-she-sees-me-my-heart-becomes-inc_2249052.jpg) > [“When sweet lullabies are whispered into the sky, my heart is filled with with the sorrow of time. So when the kiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-aurora/when-sweet-lullabies-are-whispered-into-the-sky-my-heart-is-filled/) [Melody Aurora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-aurora/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/melody-aurora-262184_apathy_when-sweet-lullabies-are-whispered-into_2955141.jpg) > [“The growth of intimacy is like that. First one gives off his best picture, the bight and finished product mended with bluff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-growth-of-intimacy-is-like-that-first-one-gives-off-his-best-2/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_f-scott-fitzgerald_the-growth-of-intimacy-is-like-that-firs_3091064.jpg) > [Most people are hurt deeply by betrayals in relationships. It might be better to really get up against and sort of contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-c-hayes/most-people-are-hurt-deeply-by-betrayals-in-relationships-it-might-be/) [Steven C. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-c-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/steven-c-hayes-19351_betrayal_most-people-are-hurt-deeply-by-betrayals_1450576.png) > [“Cooking is all about connection, I've learned, between us and other species, other times, other cultures (human and microbial both), but, most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/cooking-is-all-about-connection-i-ve-learned-between-us-and-other/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/michael-pollan-408_community_cooking-is-all-about-connection-i-ve-lea_747710.png) > [“Intimacy and sex are totally different things. Intimacy is a bond that God brings about between two married people. It comes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-kingsbury/intimacy-and-sex-are-totally-different-things-intimacy-is-a-bond-that/) [Karen Kingsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-kingsbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/karen-kingsbury-4741_intimacy_intimacy-and-sex-are-totally-different-t_115503.jpg) > [I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-che/i-would-love-to-be-able-to-play-anywhere-but-to-me-the-sweet-spot-is/) [Michael Che](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-che/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/michael-che-13783_able_i-would-love-to-be-able-to-play-anywhere_2255789.jpg) > [I am not keen on the idea of an oversharer. I don't like that as a problem. I have more of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-amstell/i-am-not-keen-on-the-idea-of-an-oversharer-i-don-t-like-that-as-a/) [Simon Amstell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-amstell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/simon-amstell-4347_important_i-am-not-keen-on-the-idea-of-an-overshar_1366176.png) > [“I loved being near you. Even though I felt that bubble you had around you, even though I never quite knew what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-simon-gunn/i-loved-being-near-you-even-though-i-felt-that-bubble-you-had-around/) [Jacqueline Simon Gunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-simon-gunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/jacqueline-simon-gunn-14191_intimacy_i-loved-being-near-you-even-though-i-fel_2469384.jpg) > [“But if you and I desire to rise up into the calling of God on the Church and on ourselves, we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-if-you-and-i-desire-to-rise-up-into-the-calling-of-god-on-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/anonymous-1_god_but-if-you-and-i-desire-to-rise-up-into_1784949.jpg) > [If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/if-you-have-to-do-with-one-who-is-unquestionably-a-slanderer-do-not/) [Saint Francis de Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-francis-de-sales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_arrogance_if-you-have-to-do-with-one-who-is-unques_2100818.jpg) > [“Basically, secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving; anxious people crave intimacy, are often preoccupied with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amir-levine/basically-secure-people-feel-comfortable-with-intimacy-and-are/) [Amir Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amir-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/amir-levine-19091_ability-to-love_basically-secure-people-feel-comfortable_1541613.jpg) > [I'm not sure a person ever really reveals the whole of himsels or herself to another person, and I'm not sure we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/i-m-not-sure-a-person-ever-really-reveals-the-whole-of-himsels-or/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/hanya-yanagihara-4245_embarrassing_i-m-not-sure-a-person-ever-really-reveal_979281.jpg) > [“Open your eyes, baby. Look at me.” He pressed his forehead down to meet mine, my eyelids fluttering open at his command.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-wade/open-your-eyes-baby-look-at-me-he-pressed-his-forehead-down-to-meet/) [Rachael Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-wade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/rachael-wade-10323_friends-to-lovers_open-your-eyes-baby-look-at-me-he-presse_2452862.jpg) > [Our world does not need to hear more people talk about God or even about Jesus if those people do not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-f-kinlaw/our-world-does-not-need-to-hear-more-people-talk-about-god-or-even/) [Dennis F. Kinlaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-f-kinlaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/dennis-f-kinlaw-58060_beautiful_our-world-does-not-need-to-hear-more-peo_1981566.jpg) ## Top authors on Intimacy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-jaachynma-n-e-agu-2971.jpg) Jaachynma N.E. 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She strokes my hair down passed my face and again back behind me in a calm manner that illustrates her intension with me. Tucking herself underneath me with both arms wrapped around me my heart softens as she gently places her face underneath mine, feeling her lips press firmly against my neck. She continues to adjust her nose and face against me as she tugs my shirt. Knowing that I am only here to surrender every part of me as she moves her hands down my waist I lean in to kiss her gently once more. She returns her welcoming smile as she lays her head back down next to mine kindling the flame inside of me that speaks to her. 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Or rather, just because you don't, it doesn't mean you can't have a meaningful relationship with another person. It's important to remember that this idea of confessing your most shameful, embarrassing stories and self to someone else as an expression of love and intimacy is a relatively recent phenomenon, and a new definition of what it means to be close to someone. 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Look at me.” He pressed his forehead down to meet mine, my eyelids fluttering open at his command. “Look at me and tell me you don’t want it.” I peered up at him with unsteady breaths, hearing his throat work when I tilted my lips to graze his. The contact was feather light, my heart hammering through my chest at the feel of it. “I’m looking,” I breathed against him. “Good. 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