Intimacy Quote by David Nicholls Download Open image “…mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates…” — David Nicholls ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Intimacy Romance Speed
“Mortification is made up of small conquests, such as smiling at those who annoy us, denying the body some superfluous fancy, getting accustomed to… — Francis Fernandez Copy Share Image
“What is most mortifying of all is that it is chance - simply a barbarous, lagging chance. That is what is mortifying! Five minutes,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Intimacy cannot be expressed discursively. The swelling to the bursting point, the malice that breaks out with clenched teeth and weeps; the sinking feeling… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Marriage isn't a process of prolonging the life of love,but of mummifying the corpse — Fad Ibra Copy Share Image
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The miraculous intimacy we shared did not have the time to generate into resentful emotional bondage” — Josephine Hart Copy Share Image
“In measured doses, mortification cleanses the soul. It's the perfect antidote for excessive self-regard.” — Andrew J. Bacevich Copy Share Image
“Intimacy is a word with eight letters. A word with a sly hiss to it. But then it begins, like love affairs do, with… — Catherine Hanrahan Copy Share Image
...intimacy being reduced to its content of mere sensation, will only be the misleading, obscure, and desperate alleviation of the existential disgust and anguish… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
Anything you loved, however intensely, becomes mortifying the moment you cease to love it. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Good God, 'the elusive thing'. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide capsule. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought. It feels… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Live each day as if it's our last', that was the conventional advice, but really who had the energy for that? What if it… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“How would she fill the days? She had no idea. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?” — Pat Shand Copy Share Image
Intimacy requires an ability to both merge and be separate, to come together and be apart, like oscillating on a giant swing from oneness… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
When you write something by hand, there's a sort of intimacy that is just intrinsic to that act. You don't get to delete something… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“You thought I was answering "As you wish" but that's only because you were hearing wrong. "I love you" was what it was, but… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
I want to engage people in an honest, enlightened, and provocative conversation about the nature of erotic desire and the intricacies of intimacy and… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
Physical love is total intimacy. It is the sign that the lovers have nothing to refuse each other, that they belong wholly to each… — Jacques Leclercq Copy Share Image
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
