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