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Quotes About Intimacy

To the lover the loved one always appears as solitary.
~ WALTER BENJAMIN
Ah, let us kiss each other's eyes,/And laugh our love away.
~ William Butler Yeats
She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love.
~ William Faulkner
Talking of love is making it.
~ William Gurney Benham
Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.
~ William Hazlitt
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
~ William James
I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation.
~ William Shakespeare
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love, I'm shaking inside.
~ Yoko Ono
It's good to kind of go up and down with the love thing.
~ Yvonne Strahovski
I feel like I am alone when I am in the presence of those I love. It is so freeing and comfortable, you become one with them.
~ Zola Jesus
I'd never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises.
~ Ann Aguirre
I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality.
~ Anna Faris
I did not know my soul until I saw it's reflection in your eyes.
~ Anne Fortier
Because I show you my pain, I do not of necessity love you.
~ Anne Rice
Do we have to confess our loves to everyone?" asked Thorne softly. "Can we not keep some secrets?
~ Anne Rice
Our checks are pale. Our wallets are invalids. Past due, past due, is what our bills are saying and yet we kiss in every corner, scuffing the dust and the cat. Love rises like bread as we go bust.
~ Anne Sexton
It's about paying attention to the little things, the details... Constantly rediscovering your partner, knowing there's a way out of any crisis.
~ Antonio Banderas
Her lips were drawn to his like a moth to a flame.
~ Anya Seton
In love the ordinary is made sacred.
~ Arthur Dobrin
Henry loves my hair almost as though it is a creature unto itself, as though it has a soul to call its own, as though it could love him back.
~ Audrey Niffenegger
What is more basic than the need to be known? It is the entirety of intimacy, the elixir of love, this knowing.
~ Audrey Niffenegger
Friendship is love without its flowers or veil.
~ Augustus Hare
Love dwindles by pairing.
~ Austin O'Malley
When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.
~ Barbara Cooper