Quotes About Intimacy

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

Last time I tried to make love to my wife nothing happened, so I said to her, 'What's the matter, you can't think of anybody either?'

My wife gives good headache.

The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.

In dating, if you say no, your lover goes on to the next person. In marriage, if you say no, the person stays.

I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious.

To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love, forgiveness, confrontation, and repentance.

monotony is not to be worshipped as a virtue; nor the marriage bed treated as a coffin for security rather than a couch from which to rise refreshed.

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden. There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage

Marriage is meant to be more about your surrender than about your satisfaction.

We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.

Marriage is like pantyhose. It all depends on what you put into it.

They say that adultery is the main thing that can damage a marriage, but it's not. It's boredom.

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.

What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.

Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.

We never get sick of each other. That's how sick we are.

There will be other forms in addition to our classic marriage. One is already looming on the horizon: polyamory, or having more than one intimate partner.

The great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.