Intimacy Quotes

528 Intimacy quotes by 403 unique authors

What is emotional intimacy? It is that depp sense of being connected to one another. It is feeling loved, respected and appreciated, while at the… — Gary Chapman
When a child shuts down his painful emotional side, he also loses the ability to express his joyous side. Emotions are a whole. With anger… — Henry Cloud
It's all well and good saying you avoid pain by avoiding relationships, but what about the wonderful things you're avoiding as well? What about the… — Jane Green
Connubial Because with alarming accuracy she’d been identifying patterns I was unaware of—this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the language of intimacy… — Stephen Dunn
One song bled into another and they remained locked together, neither willing to break the intimacy that surrounded them, concealing them in the small space… — Maya Banks
The sky grew darker and the moon rose higher as the evening wore on. and without either or them being conscious of it, they began… — Nicholas Sparks
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking. — Joshua Harris
That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth. — Marilynne Robinson
The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment. — Joshua Harris
You don't stop loving someone just because you hate them. — Hanif Kureishi
She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cancer is a passport to intimacy. It is an invitation, maybe even a mandate, to enter the most vital arenas of human life, the most… — Bruce Feiler
Love, and love as deeply as possible. And if love itself becomes the marriage, that is another thing, altogether different. If love itself becomes such… — Rajneesh
My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me. — Garry Shandling
My primary relationship is with myself- all others are mirrors of it. As I learn to love myself, I automatically receive the love and appreciation… — Shakti Gawain
The true, the genuine worship is when man, through his spirit, attains to friendship and intimacy with God. True and genuine worship is not to… — William Barclay
Awe combined with intimacy is the essence of Christian worship. — J. D. Greear
Our fulfillment is not in our isolated human grandeur, but in our intimacy with the larger earth community, for this is also the larger dimension… — Thomas Berry
Enlightenment is intimacy with all things. — Dogen
Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy. — Graydon Carter
Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship requires candor that… — Jason Epstein
Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight… — Abigail Washburn
The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment. — Brene Brown
Real connection and intimacy is like a meal, not a sugar fix. — Kristin Armstrong
The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying. — Jane Fonda

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