Intimate Quotes

726 Intimate quotes by 594 unique authors

Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophical idea, a deep love for another… — Dorianne Laux
The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books. — Edmund White
We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to… — Alton Brown
The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just deny themselves and… — Bell Hooks
Her life with others no longer interests him. He wants only her stalking beauty, her theatre of expressions. He wants the minute secret reflection between… — Michael Ondaatje
His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets. — Dorothy Parker
Not only did I rediscover every experience of my life, I had to live each unfulfilled desire as well—as though they’d been fulfilled. I saw… — Richard Matheson
Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of thought,… — Cynthia Heimel
..though silence must add intensity to your intimate moments, it must also shrivel your soul to lie beside someone who doesn't talk to you. — Nuala O'Faolain
For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone. — E. M. Forster
We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for… — Marcel Proust
Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can… — Ansel Adams
And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a… — Edmond Rostand
From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books… — Betty Smith
From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all… — Ian Mcewan
Jack, get a grip of yourself.' I have a grip of myself.' Jack took a grip of himself. It was a most intimate grip; not… — Robert Rankin
Ironically, it was the father's blessing that actually "financed" the prodigal son's trip away from the Father's face! and it was the son's new revelation… — Tommy Tenney
She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and… — Toni Morrison
Lucas should've run out of there that instant. Instead he stared at me through the glass and slowly unfolded his hand opposite mine so that… — Claudia Gray
Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character who… — Shusaku Endo
All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not… — Steve Harvey
Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs… — Rick Moody
And nevertheless I have loved certain of my masters, and those strangely intimate though elusive relations existing between student and teacher, and the Sirens singing… — Marguerite Yourcenar
I don't think he was knowable. I mean, when most people talk about knowing somebody a lot or a little, they're talking about the secrets… — Kurt Vonnegut
When I step out on stage in front of thousands of people, I don't feel that I'm being brave. It can take much more courage… — Michael Jackson

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