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Quotes About Intimacy

When two human beings are united by pleasure, all social conventionalities are put aside. This situation conceals a reef on which many vessels are wrecked. A husband is lost, if he once forgets there is a modesty which is quite independent of coverings. Conjugal love ought never either to put on or to take away the bandage of its eyes, excepting at the due season.
~ balzac honore de xxiii
When a woman has no friend of her own sex intimate enough to assist her in proving false to marital love, her maid is a last resource which seldom fails in bringing about the desired result.
~ balzac honore de xxv
Before a woman gives herself entirely up to her lover, she ought to consider well what his love has to offer her. The gift of her esteem and confidence should necessarily precede that of her heart.
~ balzac honore de xxv
This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender...
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Why is it that everything I eat when I'm with you is so delicious?' I laughed. 'Could it be that you're satisfying hunger and lust at the same time?
~ Banana Yoshimoto
With Lizard, I felt overwhelmed by the desire to touch her skin, to kiss her, hold her, make love to her,no matter how it happened, I just had to have her, Lizard and no one else. Right then and there. Tears came to my eyes, I wanted her so much.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Cada vez que nos abrazábamos, conocí palabras que no eran palabras.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
All the possibilities for growth seemed to be closed off for us. Like plants in a greenhouse, we depended on each other, but neither of us enjoyed the feelings of release or openness that one would wish from such a relationship. We just sat together in the dark, licking each other's wounds and clinging together for warmth, like an old couple.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Amare non significa soltanto preoccuparsi l'uno per l'altra, abbracciarsi, voler stare insieme. Ci sono momenti in cui comunichiamo più con il silenzio che con le parole.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
When you love someone, you want to know. Even about the things that are hard for them.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
From the moment we met, I as a butterfly that flew into that space that was his soul, a room where the light had begun to dim.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
From the moment we met, I was a butterfly that flew into that space that was his soul, a room where the light had begun to dim.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
If you're not in love with him, you can understand him.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Lo único que he tenido claro desde el principio es que este amor se sostiene en la soledad. Entre tinieblas desiertas que parecen brilla, yacemos los dos, mudos, sin lograr sustraernos al hechizo.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
This is what it means to be loved Ã¢â'¬Â¦ when someone wants to touch you, to be tender
~ Banana Yoshimoto
When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Every time we hugged, I met words that were not words.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Als junges Mädchen hatte ich meine eigene Theorie, was die Liebe betraf. Alles hing davon ab, ob ich bereit war, einem Menschen zu verzeihen, was er in seiner Phantasie mit mir anstellte. Auch die schmutzigsten Phantasien. Wenn nicht, blieb es bei einer normalen Freundschaft, egal, wie gut wir uns verstanden.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
There was one thing that always disturbed me profoundly. Sometimes, no matter how intently I would be staring at him, I would have the feeling that Hitoshi wasn't there.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
There's someone I might be getting closer to, that's all. But it's not quite coming together yet. I think I'm not ready, either," I said. "Have you got ED?" she said. "Um, no, for a number of different reasons," I said, "but it might be something similar.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Quando eravamo abbracciati, conoscevo parole che non erano parole.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Wenn wir uns wiedersehen, wollen wir dies sicher noch ein weiteres Mal, wenn wir einmal miteinander schlafen, wollen wir das wieder machen, ein zweites, drittes, viertes Mal, immer wieder, immer mehr, und weil das, glaube ich, Liebe bedeuten würde, weiß ich nicht, ob ich so für einen Menschen, der nie da ist, empfinden will.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Quando eravamo abbracciati, conoscevo parole che non erano parole. Mi sembrava straordinario stare così vicino a qualcuno che non erano i genitori, qualcuno diverso da me, un altro.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
En definitiva, ser querido es eso: que deseen tocarte, ser cariñosos contigo.
~ Banana Yoshimoto