Intimacy Quotes

528 Intimacy quotes by 403 unique authors

Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well...I am not aware of any other factor in… — Dean Ornish
There was a weird intimacy, sitting in a car together. Couples sat in cars. Cops and their partners. Strangers became unstrange, sharing a windshield view… — Jerry Stahl
I love intimacy, always, of performing. — Julio Iglesias
I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock. — Jane Siberry
Apart from the pleasure of looking at her and listening to her-of enjoying in her what others less discriminatingly but as liberally appreciated-he had the… — Edith Wharton
Fear is like a little garden spider that makes us jump back or the poor lost bee on the steering wheel that we blame for… — Dan Millman
All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate. — Peter De Vries
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be… — Henry David Thoreau
Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind. — Satyajit Ray
From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe)… — William James
Our daily existence requires both closeness and distance, the wholeness of self, the wholeness of intimacy. — Judith Viorst
Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend. — Timothy Keller
Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality. — Timothy Keller
I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them. — James Dobson
The many faces of intimacy: the Victorians could experience it through correspondence, but not through cohabitation; contemporary men and women can experience it through fornication,… — Thomas Szasz
The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again. — Pablo Neruda
The human soul is not framed for continued proximity, and the result of this enforced neighbourhood is often an appalling loneliness for which the rules… — Iris Murdoch
The female covers her breasts, and then proceeds to redefine their shape with a brassiere. This sexual signaling device may be padded or inflatable, so… — Desmond Morris
Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of… — Diane Lane
I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but… — Malcolm Turnbull
I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really… — Tristan Wilds
I realized that even I have weird intimacy issues with humans - like, I need my friendships to get deeper, I need to be locked… — Jen Kirkman
I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit. — Brit Marling
Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their… — Deborah Tannen
Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. — Rollo May

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