Quotes About Intimacy

With Anna he had no shield—Charles belonged to Anna with all his complicated soul and uncomplicated heart.

When I am with you, my control is shot. I think that's what you've been feeling.

Anna came into the bedroom with a big red towel wrapped around herself and nothing else. Her reddish-brown hair was tied up on top of her head, and there was a drop of water on his favorite freckle. They were all his favorite freckles.

Love means leaving yourself vulnerable, knowing that there is someone to catch you when you fall.

Anna was pretty sure no one else at the table believed the cold relationship Bran and Leah had was a good thing. It wasn't abusive - not quite. Not physically abusive, anyway. But Anna would have lasted a month, tops, in a relationship where her needs were met with attentive care - and not an ounce of affection.

For a quiet man, Charles was very good at saying "I love you.

He pulled her tight against him. "I will defend your heart and your soul with everything in me.

Thank God!" he said, and kissed her. Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache.

Allowing anyone, even Mairelon, not only to come close to her, but to circle her waist with his arms brought back old fears, though she had to admit that the sensation was pleasurable on those rare occasions when she could relax enough to enjoy it.

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

Verbal abusers block discussions because they are not willing to talk with their mates on an equal basis. The abuser prevents the possibility of mutual support and planning together and so deprives himself and his partner of the many benefits such partnership would bring.

enthusiastic about something when she is suddenly thrown off balance, or shocked by her mate.

How was it possible to be afraid and in love... 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.

Then Carol slipped her arm under her neck, and all the length of their bodies touched fitting as if something had prearranged it. Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh. She had a vision of a pale white flower, shimmering as if seen in darkness, or through water. Why did people talk of heaven, she wondered

I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways.

She thought of people she had seen holding hands in movies, and why shouldn't she and Carol?

But when they kissed goodnight 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.

Sometimes we don't hold hands just so people don't stare. But sometimes- SOMETIMES- you just have to hold on.

How Do You Make It Hard for Your Partner to Give You What You Want?

Hug your partner in a full-body embrace a minimum of six times a day, holding each hug for a minimum of six seconds. The six-times-six formula is not arbitrary.

Fix your partner firmly in your heart during four crucial times of the day. Hug your partner six times a day for six seconds. Hold positive thoughts about your relationship. Make a contract to hand out love with compassion and generosity.

Women, the men in your life will definitely be more loving, compassionate, and nurturing if you can understand and accept their vulnerability to shame and reduce the ways you trigger it.

Developing the ability to experience the world through your partner's eyes, while holding on to your own perspective, may be the single most important skill in intimate relationships.

It's funny how sex factors into the way people describe the state of their relationships. Studies show that, when things are going well, sex contributes only 15 percent to the overall satisfaction of a relationship. But if things aren't going well, it contributes 85 percent to the dissatisfaction.