Relationship Quote by Patrick J. Carnes

“Push too far into independence and we disconnect and hurt each other. Then in a longing for togetherness, we seek each other out; fumbling…

— Donna Goddard

Intimacy is about acceptance - without acceptance intimacy becomes either an illusion or an exercise in futility and frustration.

— Jordan Blake Michiels

“What is it about intimacy that makes it so very disturbing?”

— Jeanette Winterson

“intimacy that can be had, even in a crowded room, when two people want only”

— Jacqueline Winspear

“A great many of our patients have conflicts in the realm of intimacy, and obtain help in therapy sheerly through experiencing an intimate relationship…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“The desire of intimacy is the desire to share one's innermost self with another”

— Dan McAdams

Intimacy requires an ability to both merge and be separate, to come together and be apart, like oscillating on a giant swing from oneness…

— Charlotte Sophia Kasl

“The daily decisions made to stay, to find the new equilibrium. She likes the intimacy, the shared seclusion, efforts at inclusion. How these pockets…

— Jay E. Tria

“Unless they have the opportunity to experience therapy or another transformational love relationship, they may not develop much capacity for intimacy.”

— Laura Markham

“Basically, secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving; anxious people crave intimacy, are often preoccupied with their relationships, and…

— Amir Levine

“Intimacy is a word with eight letters. A word with a sly hiss to it. But then it begins, like love affairs do, with…

— Catherine Hanrahan

The seeds of intimacy are time and repetition.

— Anonymous