Elixir Quote by Audrey Niffenegger

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

— Brad Meltzer

Since a thing cannot be known directly or totally, one can only attune to it, with greater or lesser degrees of intimacy.

— Timothy Morton

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character, and are as much personality needs as the 'basic…

— Abraham Maslow

To understand something properly, we need to know it a little more; but to know someone purely, we need to understand our inner feelings…

— Anuj

Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.

— Amy Bloom

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

— Adriana Trigiani

The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and…

— Deb Caletti

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need…

— Gary Chapman

The more knowledge one person has of the other, the greater the intimacy within the relationship.

— John Friend

Love is not knowing what it is. It is the knowledge of pure bliss.

— Anonymous

The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

— Ambrose Bierce

Love is more of a respect for a mystery than a desire to know.

— Vladimir Jankelevitch