Bears Quote by George Eliot

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

— Jeff Bridges

Sometimes we hurt one another without realizing it.

— Indira Gandhi

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

— Brad Meltzer

..Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret…

— Colm Toibin

We are children of a large family, and must learn, as such children do, not to expect that our hurts will be made much…

— Ritu Ghatourey

We can't be intimate because we can't share feelings that we don't have

— Keith Miller

All intimacy is rare-that's what makes it precious.

— Amy Bloom

The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.

— Bob Goff

People don't know. We don't know ourselves so we tell ourselves what we really know is other people. We could say the depth of…

— Emma Forrest

“Intimacy requires a slow, cumulative build of safety between people who agree to a relationship, an ongoing connection of care and concern. The performance…

— Lierre Keith

Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret…

— Colm Toibin

“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