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Quotes About Intimacy

What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?
~ Patricia Highsmith
Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a memory of a curve of her shoulder, naked, as he had never seen it.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Don't you know I love you?' Carol said.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Yet the way she felt about Carol passed all the tests for love and fitted all the descriptions.
~ Patricia Highsmith
the rapport between two men or two women can be absolute and perfect, as it can never be between man and woman, and perhaps some people want just this, as others want that more shifting and uncertain thing that happens between men and women.
~ Patricia Highsmith
That night, talking over the road map about their route tomorrow, talking as matter-of-factly as a couple of strangers, Therese thought surely tonight would not be like last night. But when they kissed good night in bed, Therese felt their sudden release, that leap of response in both of them, as if their bodies were of some materials, which put together inevitably created desire.
~ Patricia Highsmith
How was it possible to be afraid and in love, Therese thought. The two things did not go together. How was it possible to be afraid, when the two of them grew stronger together every day? And every night. Every night was different, and every morning. Together they possessed a miracle.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Carol wanted her with her, and whatever happened they would meet it without running. How was it possible to be afraid and in love, Therese thought. The two things did not go together. How was it possible to be afraid, when the two of them grew stronger together every day? And every night. Every night was different, and every morning. Together they possessed a miracle.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Therese leaned closer toward it, looking down at her glass. She wanted to thrust the table aside and spring into her arms, to bury her nose in the green and gold scarf that was tied close about her neck. Once the backs of their hands brushed on the table, and Therese's skin there felt separately alive now, and rather burning.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Carol only smiled at her, a little
~ Patricia Highsmith
Perhaps it was a statement after all: I don't want to die without knowing you. Do you feel the same way, Carol? She could have said the last question, but she could not have said all that went before it.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Her arms were tight around Carol, and she was conscious of Carol and nothing else, of Carol's hand that slid along her ribs, Carol's hair that brushed her bare breasts, and then her body too seemed to vanish in widening circles that leaped further and further, beyond where thought could follow.
~ Patricia Highsmith
It would be almost like love, what she felt for Carol, except that Carol was a woman. It was not quite insanity, but it was certainly blissful.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Carol, te quiero. Carol se irguió. Therese la miró con sus ojos intensos y adormilados. Carol acabo de sacar su pijama de la maleta y bajó la tapa. Se acerco a Therese y le puso las manos en los hombros. Se los apretó con fuerza, como si le exigiera una promesa, o quizá intentado averiguar si lo habia dicho de verdad. Luego la besó en los labios como si ya se hubieran besado millones de veces. - ¿Tú no sabes que te quiero?- dijo Carol.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Are we staying here like this all day? Lily could feel the lower part of him stirring again. She didn't think she had the strength to repeat their performances. Cade swung her back against the rug and leaned over her. All day and all night for as long as we can. You have made me wait forever. Lily
~ Patricia Rice
She was doing it again. She was crawling down his collar and the back of his shirt and getting under his skin. Nobody else ever got close enough to disturb his equilibrium. Only Lily had the unmitigated gall to assume they were equals. I'm
~ Patricia Rice
Cade, this is foolish. I look like a beached whale. Allow me some decency. Instead, Cade flung the covers to the floor and straddled her legs, leaning over to rest his ear against her stomach. I think he speaks Apache, but I can't understand a word he says. Lily laughed softly and tried to push him away.
~ Patricia Rice
Mary didn't know just what prompted her answer. She was the most candid of women, but you don't tell a man everything where another woman is concerned.
~ Patricia Wentworth
they were on the sort of terms which admit of intimacy, affection, and a familiarity which may breed anything between contempt and love. In fact a very wide frame into which almost any picture could be fitted.
~ Patricia Wentworth
Judge Joseph Sabbath of Chicago, who has reviewed 40,000 marital disputes and reconciled 2,000 couples, says: Trivialities are at the bottom of most marital unhappiness. Such a simple thing as a wife's waving good-bye to her husband when he goes to work in the morning would avert a good many divorces.
~ Dale Carnegie
failure in marriage is usually due to four causes. He lists them in this order: • 1. Sexual maladjustment. • 2. Difference of opinion as to the way of spending leisure time. • 3. Financial difficulties. • 4. Mental, physical, or emotional abnormalities.
~ Dale Carnegie
Seven Rules For Making Your Home Life Happier • Rule 1: Don't nag. • Rule 2: Don't try to make your partner over. • Rule 3: Don't criticize. • Rule 4: Give honest appreciation. • Rule 5: Pay little attentions. • Rule 6: Be courteous. • Rule 7: Read a good book on the sexual side of marriage.
~ Dale Carnegie
It takes the relationship to another level
~ Dale Carnegie
The eternal life of which Jesus speaks is not knowledge about God but an intimately interactive relationship with him.
~ Dallas Willard