Acts of love Quote by Joshua Harris

“One way to demonstrate courtship as a matter of course in an established relationship is to remember that courtship is the act of trying…

— Sarah Wendell

Courtship is exciting and romantic because it thrives on the edge of disaster. It co-exists with the threat that, at any moment, it could…

— Karen Scalf Linamen

Courtship is a commitment - it's a promise not to play games with another person's heart.

— Joshua Harris

“The growth of intimacy will teach us how to love—both ourselves and the other person. If we will allow ourselves to practice the skills…

— Anne Katherine

Courtship, properly understood, is the process whereby both the male and the female are brought into that state of sexual tumescence which is a…

— Havelock Ellis

Intercourse is an assertion of mastery, one that announces his own higher caste and proves it upon a victim who is expected to surrender,…

— Kate Millett

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

— William Congreve

So much of courtship is the unspoken.

— Megan McCafferty

And what fastens attention, in the intercourse of life, like any passage betraying affection between two parties? Perhaps we never saw them before, and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Courtship is romantic. Marriage ... is an act of will," said Pippa, taking a sip of water. "I mean, I adore Herb. But the…

— Rebecca Miller

Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the…

— Max De Pree

“The Hebrew Bible, speaking of the first sexual encounter between Adam and Eve, says that “Adam knew” his mate. Remarkably, the Hebrew word l-da’at,…

— Benjamin Blech