Intimate Quotes

726 Intimate quotes by 594 unique authors

Still, there is a basic reticence about his approach that feels refreshing in today's culture of maximum exposure. Brandt did not go to great lengths… — Sebastian Smee
Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know… — Eloisa James
The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family. — Martin Jacques
Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want or expect to… — Leslie Morgan Steiner
Today the Somme is a peaceful but sullen place, unforgetting and unforgiving. ... To wander now over the fields destined to extrude their rusty metal… — Paul Fussell
And in the fearless, reckless pursuit of intimate love, it is not the destination it's the journey. — Amanda Marshall
A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty is a beautifully written portrait of Eudora Welty and her amazing life. Carolyn J. Brown carries the… — Unknown Author
Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them. — Carlisle Floyd
A couple you do not recognize - visitors, strangers - come to the door. How are you to view these people and what is your… — Unknown Author
Lysley Tenorio is a writer of sly wit and lively invention—these are stories bursting with wonders (from monster movies and leper colonies, to faith-healers and… — Peter Ho Davies
The Green Shore is an engrossing novel about political oppression, played out on an intimate family scale. Bakopoulos charts the subtle, gnawing pressures of life… — Peter Ho Davies
Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of a honeymoon with the God… — Steven James
When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery - that intimate relationship… — John Welwood
A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots,… — John Welwood
Every single choice we make, no matter how small, is the ground where who we are meets what is in the world. And the fruits… — Wayne Muller
Cristina Eisenberg weaves her observations as a scientist and her personal experiences afield into a resonant account about the web of life that links humans… — Brenda Peterson
There is no separate, inside self and no separate outside object, other or world. Rather, there is one seamless, intimate totality, always changing when viewed… — Rupert Spira
The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work… — John George Nicolay
We enter solitude, in which also we lose loneliness. True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner… — Wendell Berry
Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience [His] closeness, [His] friendship, [His] Love; only in this way does one… — Pope Benedict XVI
The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. — Oswald Chambers
The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus… — Oswald Chambers
So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life. — Uma Thurman
Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself. — Robert Schumann
Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And… — Barbara De Angelis

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