Intensity Quotes

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To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy,… — Rollo May
And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person. — David Levithan
...Speaking of, I've been playing with the letters - Lovers In a Very Enlightened Regard." "LIVER. Good one." "Also, how about Life Invasion Via Exceptional… — Shannon Hale
When prayers were ended, and his Mother had wished him good-night with that long steady look of hers which conveyed no expression of the tenderness… — Elizabeth Gaskell
You can run,â€ Dorian said in a neutral tone that did nothing to lessen the intensity of his expression, â€œbut sooner or later, you run… — Nalini Singh
Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth… — Mark Helprin
No, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green… — Tessa Dare
Were all first loves like that? Somehow she doubted it; even now it struck her as being more real than anything she'd ever known. Sometimes… — Nicholas Sparks
No.â€ He wouldnâ€™t lie about that. Not to her. And not because sheâ€™d rip him to pieces when she discovered the truth. â€œI canâ€™t give… — Gena Showalter
I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no subsitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. Normal… — Kay Redfield Jamison
He's looking at me as if the whole world waits for my next breath, with an intensity that makes my heart pound and my palms… — Elizabeth Scott
Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. When the centre of selfishness is no longer, all desires for pleasure… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
She was still under the spell of her infatuation. She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him… — Kate Chopin
I get to keep you,â€ he said, staring at me with an intensity that made me shiver. â€œKeep me?â€ I asked, reaching up to kiss… — Abbi Glines
He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Time exists so that you can experience these flavors as deeply as possible. On the path of devotion, if you can experience even a glimmer… — Deepak Chopra
Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you… — Rainer Maria Rilke
...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it. — Robert Cormier
The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities. — Don DeLillo
If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations… — Chogyam Trungpa

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