Intimacy Quotes

528 Intimacy quotes by 403 unique authors

…mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates… — David Nicholls
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense… — Plutarch
I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other's wounds; they repair the broken skin. — Lauren Oliver
Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to… — Deepak Chopra
The highest form of love is the love that allows for intimacy without the annihilation of difference. — Parker J. Palmer
An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy. — Charles Williams
Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each work… — Maurice Blanchot
This is intimacy: the trading of stories in the dark. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them. — Alain de Botton
Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is… — John O'Donohue
If a man is really into you, nothing will stop him from being with you - including a fear of intimacy. — Greg Behrendt
He liked the way her hand felt in his, liked the simple intimacy of the gesture and the way it said - without the need… — Julie James
One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to… — Anthony Powell
The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new… — Alain de Botton
The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look… — Cheryl Strayed
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. — Rick Warren
Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so 'in-between' things and… — Henri Nouwen
When you sit in a chair, you are not actually sitting there, but levitating above it at a height of one angstrom (a hundred millionth… — Bill Bryson
But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as strong as it… — Elizabeth Berg
As she stood down below him on the street,it seemed impossible that she'd connected with him as she had,but then,the phone was virtual relating,one step… — J R Ward
I don't think I am scared of intimacy, but I am frightened of making a mistake. offering more than I have, or expecting more than… — Nick Bantock
A close, daily intimacy between two people has to be paid for: it requires a great deal of experience of life, logic, and warmth of… — Ivan Goncharov
In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought.… — Fulton J. Sheen
The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in,… — Tara Brach
Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. — John Green

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