Affair Quote by Emily Browning

The one word I hear when people have affairs is that they feel alive. They don't talk about the fact they're having sex. They…

— Esther Perel

One of the big misconceptions is that affairs or trysts are flings about sex. And sometimes they are, but much more often they are…

— Esther Perel

Emotional affairs, those are the only real affairs; those are the real ones.

— Chris Rock

Adultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another.

— Leonard Michaels

Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Affairs can be powerful detonators. They can invigorate a marriage that's flat, jolt people out of years of complacency. Fear of loss rekindles desire,…

— Esther Perel

I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.

— Laila Robins

As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.

— Etgar Keret

We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An…

— Esther Perel

There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast. It's like nothing else. It's like a love affair, it goes…

— Tennessee Williams

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

— H. L. Mencken

Many couples have never had a conversation about sexuality and sexual boundaries. The presence or lack of sex, the quality of it, the satisfaction…

— Esther Perel