Quotes About Intimacy

A person usually talks more freely to one person than to two persons," April said. "I read that somewhere.

Her lips tarried at mine. Baiting each other with the warmth of our breath, barely grazing, detouring, then connecting.

We speak in Spanish when we make love. English seems an impossible language for intimacy.

Would you mind taking off your shirt?

Physical nearness does not necessarily breed intimacy.

I took his razor from the shower floor, bits of his black hair still caked between the blades. I took his toothbrush from the sink counter and sucked on the bristles, trying to find the taste of him, but there was only the flavor of watery mint toothpaste....I pulled the sheets off the bed with the idea that I could gather up the imprint of him and save it. I thought, I can unfurl the sheets on our old bed at home. I can lie in the creases formed by his body. I can sleep with him again.

Le dije que me gustaba, y quedé insatisfecha. La verdad era que a veces no me gustaba nada, pero no podía vivir sin ella. Le dije que la quería, pero también quiero a mi perro. Después le dije que la amaba, pero mi incomodidad fue mayor aún [...] decidí prescindir del lenguaje, entonces me acusó de no querer comunicarme. Desde hace unos años, sólo existe el silencio. Encuentro, en él, una rara ecuanimidad: la de los placeres solitarios.

Porque no sé casi nada de ti y quiero saber, y me da miedo saber, y no quisiera preguntarte, pero te pregunto y tú no quieres hablar, preferirías un amor anónimo, que empezara hoy, o ayer, sin carnés de identidad, sin relato.

Cuando no se tiene un buen amante, es necesario tener un buen psicoanalista

We know nothing about those we love, except our need of their presence

Tu sexo es un panal donde mil abejas laboriosas liban una miel que se me queda entre los dedos.

Descubrir a Dios entre las sábanas —no en el templo fariseo ni en la altiva mezquita— sábanas blancas sudario del amor que te cubría manto sagrado iniciar la bienaventurada ascensión de tu piel a la eternidad de tu vientre al círculo celestial sentir a Dios en tus húmedas cavidades en el grito vertiginoso de la jauría de tus vísceras

Cuando no se tiene un buen amante, es necesario tener un buen psicoanalista: igual que un buen abogado, o un buen dentista.

Las afinidades son moneda antigua: falsas señas de identidad del deseo: nunca en ningún lugar un deseo fue igual a otro.

Fetiche tu cuerpo fetiches tus pechos fetiches de mi deseo tu lujuria tu clítoris tu vagina fetiche cebado tu bárbara matriz oscuro túnel de mi deseo fetiches tus nalgas, lunas paralelas fetiches tus labios blancos fetiche tu orgasmo desgajado

Now those are lethal weapons." He stroked her lower lip with the pad of his thumb. "My heart stops every time you kiss me.

Like locusts on new corn, Gian had landed on her, struggling to undress as he kissed her.

Others seek commitment because they fear loneliness.

Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me your love.

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

Was that how every couple functioned after time? Seeing the contours of someone else's intelligence so much more easily than your own?

He missed Stephanie, the ease between them, her solid and comforting presence. Sitting across from him, in the light of the fire, she blazed with health and well-being and good humor. "I

Just so we're clear, I made love with you the first time because I wanted you more than I wanted breath. That's the same reason I did the second time, too. And the reason I'll do it every chance I get.

Luke caught Mina's chin in his left hand and turned her face toward him. 'Guess what, sweetheart?' 'What?' He grinned. 'I'm keeping you.