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Quotes About Intimacy

Because I have the feeling that if I tried to say what I really want to say to you, everything would crumble into dust–' he is trembling–'for what I want to say...to you... from me to you... there are no words. I should fumble... I should say something different from what I intended... one thing leads to another.
~ Marguerite Duras
I notice that I desire him.
~ Marguerite Duras
he's a man who must make love a lot, a man who's afraid, he must make love a lot to fight against the fear.
~ Marguerite Duras
I don't know if love's a feeling. Sometimes I think it's a matter of seeing. Seeing you.
~ Marguerite Duras
I prefer your face as it is now. Ravaged.
~ Marguerite Duras
I know Lol Stein in the only way I can: through love.
~ Marguerite Duras
Elle pourrait répondre qu'elle ne l'aime pas. Elle ne dit rien. Tout à coup elle sait, là, à l'instant, elle sait qu'il ne la connaît pas, qu'il ne la connaîtra jamais, qu'il n'a pas les moyens de connaître tant de perversité.
~ Marguerite Duras
Tout à coup j'ai eu le désir de votre bouche comme si vous étiez mon premier amant.
~ Marguerite Duras
I want to be with you, you've no idea how I want to be with you.
~ Marguerite Duras
l'amour)... un envahissement de la chair par l'esprit
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
A amizade é, acima de tudo, certeza - é isso o que a distingue do amor.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Un cÅ"ur, c'est peut-être malpropre. C'est de l'ordre de la table d'anatomie et de l'étal de boucher. Je préfère ton corps.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Aucune caresse va jusqu'à l'âme.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Les mots trompent, puisque celui de plaisir couvre des réalités contradictoires, comporte à la fois les notions de tiédeur, de douceur, d'intimité des corps, et celles de violence, d'agonie et de cri. La petite phrase obscène de Poseidonius sur le frottement de deux parcelles de chair [...] ne définit pas plus le phénomène de l'amour que la corde touchée du doigt ne rend compte du miracle des sons.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
J'éteignis la lampe, comme on la rallume après avoir fait l'amour.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
I think I might die if I don't kiss you right now. A real-life kiss.
~ Mari Mancusi
Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you fell in love - you only want to see them.
~ Marian Keyes
In the darkness she wrapped her arms around him and pressed herself against his snuggly warmth, a blissful hum in her veins. She was safe and loved, in bed with her man.
~ Marian Keyes
Falling in love leaves you open, relationships mean pain.
~ Marian Keyes
ends up sleeping in your bed.
~ Marian Keyes
I had thought the only person Neil loved was himself. That he probably shouted his own name when he was coming.
~ Marian Keyes
Honestly, if you're looking for love and you're not too choosy, hang around a hardware store fingering screws.
~ Marian Keyes
Wasn't this the man who had made hot-water bottles for me every month when I got my period
~ Marian Keyes
Those eyes made love to me, long before your hands ever did. There is no resistance left in me, only love, and desire for you. It's all I have. I hope it will be enough.
~ Marianne K. Martin