Quotes About Intimacy

The man's words somehow unflexed him in time and space. He felt momentarily unreal, as if his very existence depended on the next words this stranger would utter. He had to make a noise, take some action, to dispell the terrifying sensation.

He hated the false intimacy, the insincere concern.

Sexual partners who dropped you without a word caused the most horrible of self-doubts.

Melandra looked at the hand for a moment, then saw her own hand within it, enfolded in fingers. Somehow she had reached out and been taken.

Come now, Tay, don't be coy," Bayard said. "I've always coveted you. You know that, don't you, hiding as you do behind Almorante's bed curtains. He's not here now. Give me a kiss.

Shem dozed beside Daniel on the floor of the jeep. Daniel stared at his sleeping face, fighting an urge to reach out and touch it. Not yet. The time wasn't right.

The twins were joined through him. He was part of their lovemaking. In their hearts, they did not embrace each other, but him.

Othman kissed his face gently, licked his tears. Then he sank down with Daniel in his arms, to sit against the side of the bed. He held Daniel in his lap, stroked his face.

I felt Beth flinch against me, and longed to reach for his hand, but I wanted to betray no sign of weakness.

Lily was slightly disturbed and slightly thrilled, when this unusual female leaned over and kissed her cheek.

It was as if they were trying to eat into one another's bodies, absorb the part of them that would be forever outside.

He wanted to feel the touch of those hands himself, discover whether it would affect him in the same way.

We stripped the flower of its foilage and purred and rubbed our faces across its flesh.

If I could not be with Beth, perhaps I could find some comfort in being close to her, however subjectively.

I want you," he said. "I want to be a part of you. It's like we can become greater than the sum of our parts, when we are together.

The excitement of knowing we would utterly drain this boy kindled frantic desire. He too was aroused by the prospect of his sacrifice; the intimacy of this knowledge we shared was more holy than any physical sensations we might soon enjoy.

I want to make love to you properly." "Well you can't, and you've only yourself to blame.

Perhaps the intensity of the feelings I had withstood that day had honed my perceptions, but never had I experienced such intimacy with my soulscaper.

The depth of their relationship was indicated by how Tayven pulled a sour face at him. They were like brothers.

He wanted to curl his arms around Shem's body, to hold him close, but something prevented him.

He burned with the proximity of her body. She smelled of soap and floral scent.

If you can't have frank and honest discussions with your partner about sex, you'd better be damn good with your hands.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

Wanting her physically was easy. It was the emotional part that gave him the shakes. He no longer found comfort in the false intimacy of casual one-night stands. They left him feeling hollow. You could talk yourself into just about anything, but emotionally you were never fooled. Mornings after were haunted by an emotional hangover for which there was no quick hair-of-the-dog chaser.