Quotes About Intimacy

Anything can be a love song as long as two people care about it.

I often took the bus to her apartment, where we drank bourbon and ginger ale, listened to the music we wanted to impress each other with, which eventually turned into listening to the music we actually liked.

sometimes you can feel like you're experiencing some of the most honest, most intimate moments of your life, while butchering a Hall & Oates song at 2 a.m. in a room full of strangers.

But that's who your wife is, the person you fail in front of. Love is so confusing; there's no peace of mind.

I'd shut the whole world down just to tell you

I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language.

There weren't many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

You're the little spoon, aren't you?

Later, Elizabeth revealed to me (and several of her friends) how much safer she felt when I had my feelings. She was able to hear that I was upset about the car but that I didn't think she was bad, and I wasn't going to abandon her. The fact that I had such intensity about not letting her push me away actually made her feel secure and loved. As a result, she felt safe to stay connected to me and hear my feelings about the car.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

all night he talks and holds me, all night he loves me slow and careful.

Ursula excelled me without difficulty in swimming, sailing, and fell-walking alike. Marriage had sheered off the first edge of romance from our actual caresses, but there was a sweet affection between us, as between a devoted brother and a devoted sister, though I suppose that is not an approved way of putting it. I always wanted a sister, and never more than at this present moment.

Confidences pre-announced are seldom worth while.

You and I come forth as possibilities of essential nature, alone and independent as stars, yet reflecting and being reflected by all things. My life and yours are the unfolding realization of total aloneness and total intimacy.

No matter how carefully we defend ourselves, all it takes is one footprint of another real person to recall us to the endlessly interesting hazards of living relationships.

Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but limited," I said. "And if you give me their names I'll kill them.

You listen to me, Annie Woods. The one word that's forbidden when we're in bed is 'no.'" She

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

I am proud only of those days that pass in undivided tenderness.

A holiday cocktail party is where some stranger will learn more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime.

I enjoy many silent moments with my cat, a conversation always resumed exactly where left off.