Quotes About Intimacy

When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of all the other men of her acquaintance for the inattention of just one. Helen Rowland

Just as viewing my marriage through the lens of a pathway toward holiness more than happiness gave me renewed motivation to grow in union with my wife and ongoing motivation to keep pursuing deeper intimacy with her, so understanding my body as an instrument of service to God is giving me renewed motivation to take better care of it in the face of my cravings and laziness.

We realize it's not about what we get out of our marriage but about what we become in our marriage.

The truth is, we want to be known; we truly do. But we're afraid. If you see the real me, will you run away? Am I even worth being known? Will the real me bore you? Scare you? Repulse you? And so we hide.

I put my arms round his neck. I say, Hello, you. And I snog his fucking face off.

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

every aspect of a woman's emotional and physical existence is dependent on the romantic love she receives from her husband, says Dr. James Dobson.

EVERYTHING IN LIFE THAT TRULY MATTERS CAN BE BOILED DOWN TO RELATIONSHIPS.

What is the secret of a fulfilling marriage? Hard work and persistence!

Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

Intimacy is trusting that the Universe will provide what you need, when you need it, and in the manner most appropriate for you.

Love is but a fire that is to be transmitted.

The reveries of two solitary souls prepare the sweetness of loving.

For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates.

I tore off my mask so as not to lose one of her tears... and she did not run away!...and she did not die!... She remained alive, weeping over me, weeping with me. We cried together! I have tasted all the happiness the world can offer.

They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be very, very handy to catch them, each time, without hurting them.

She learned to love him before he thought it was even possible, so he didn't have a chance to hide & mess it up & while it was a little scary at times, mainly he could not even imagine the world without her there.

Partners: Tied together by stuff too difficult to explain to someone new

Quiet Spaces We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.

Almost Beyond: She laid on my chest & her breathing filled me almost to beyond what I could hold.

The Whole World: My favorite thing is being your lap while we sit there together & love the whole world.

Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of myself & for one moment there was only one us in all creation.

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.

I saw them standing there pretending to be just friends, when all the time in the world could not pry them apart.