Anxiety Quote by Esther Perel Download Open image ““Eroticism resides in the ambiguous space between anxiety and fascination.”” — Esther Perel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anxiety
“But the erotic offers a well of replenishing and provocative force to the woman who does not fear its revelation, nor succumb to the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“. . . [O]nce we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“Heterosexuality is the enjoyment with fear, the pleasure with responsibility and the lust with concerns.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women. It has been made into the confused, the trivial, the psychotic, the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Now sexual obsessions are the basis of artistic creation. Accumulated frustration leads to what Freud calls the process of sublimation. Anything that does not… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
“Arousal begins within the mind, then seeps out where fantasy propels physicality.” — Kristie LeVangie Copy Share Image
“If intimacy grows through repetition and familiarity, eroticism is numbed by repetition. It thrives on the mysterious, the novel, and the unexpected. Love is… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“[Eroticism is] the poetry of the body, the testimony of the senses. Like a poem, it is not linear, it meanders and twists back… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Sometimes it has to do with other longings that are much more existential. Sometimes you go elsewhere not because you are not liking the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“For [erotically intelligent couples], love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life:… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
It’s hard to feel attracted to someone who has abandoned her sense of autonomy. — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
For some people, a one-night stand doesn't make any difference in a seven-year love affair. I don't believe the degree of betrayal is always… — Esther Perel 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
“The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships . . . which are basically a reflection of your sense… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
If you start to feel that you have given up too many parts of yourself to be with your partner, then one day you… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“When the impulse to share becomes obligatory, when personal boundaries are no longer respected, when only the shared space of togetherness is acknowledged and… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“I do believe that the emphasis on egalitarian and respectful sex—purged of any expressions of power, aggression, and transgression—is antithetical to erotic desire for… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive. Fear of falling asleep at night. Fear of not falling asleep. Fear of the… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show. — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
“Do Not Be Anxious 25 e “Therefore I tell you, f do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing happens on its own, you have to make things happen. If you really want to come out of your stressful situation than you… — Subodh Gupta Copy Share Image
“I guess if we're talking about my anxiety, the even truthier truth is it started way before that.” — Kerry Winfrey Copy Share Image
I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to… — Josie Loren Copy Share Image
“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The party in Alobar’s head, which agitation and anxiety were throwing, now was crashed by a notion: existence can be rearranged. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
As you know, I have been very open about my struggle with social anxiety. — Summer Walker Copy Share Image
Anxiety is not to be managed it is a sin that needs to be repented of — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image