Intensity Quotes

554 Intensity quotes by 480 unique authors

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.” He wouldn’t lie about that. Not to her. And not because she’d rip him to pieces when she discovered the truth. “I can’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,” he said, staring at me with an intensity that made me shiver. “Keep me?” 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
My mouth opened. It happened. Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling. Arms stretched out next to me, I howled, and… — Markus Zusak
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more frequent appearance in… — Knut Hamsun
He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was to blame. He forgot the… — E. M. Forster
I wanted to drown inside a woman in the feeling and drooling of the love I could give her. I wanted her pulse to crush… — Markus Zusak
There was something almost painful about that, the intensity of being so vulnerable and so intimate with him. — Amanda Hocking
I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying perhaps too… — Douglas Coupland
She tried to swallow, to take a breath, but her eyes met his, and there was nothing but aching intensity in his gaze. And she… — Unknown Author
Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't… — Deborah Harkness
We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it! — Anne Sexton
What was I afraid of, exactly? What other people would think? I guess, a little. But that wasn't what was stopping me from acting on… — Julie Anne Peters

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