"It isn’t so much that we want to……" — Esther Perel

"It isn’t so much that we want to leave the person we are with as we want to leave the person we have become."

— Esther Perel

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26 Quotes by Esther Perel

Esther Perel has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In my community there were two groups of people, There were the ones who did not die and the ones…
Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life:…
Love enjoys knowing everything about you; desire needs mystery.
The very ingredients that nurture love - mutuality, reciprocity, protection, worry, responsibility for the other - are sometimes the very…
What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies…
Most of us will get turned on at night by the very same things that we will demonstrate against during…
There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a…
Everyone should cultivate a secret garden.
Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and…
Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume…
We are afraid that our adult sexuality will somehow damage our kids, that it’s inappropriate or dangerous. But whom are…
Eroticism thrives in the space between the self and the other.

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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