Quotes About Closeness

O You Whom I Often and Silently Come O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you, As I walk by your side or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.

We do not always proclaim loudly the most important thing we have to say. Nor do we always privately share it with those closest to us, our intimate friends, those who have been most devotedly ready to receive our confession.

Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely.

spent together in the same bed and still managing to keep separate and remote.

I've come to realize that the only way to deal with life's problems is to walk close to the Lord.

Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling?

Do you think if two people liked the same thing, it could bring them closer together?" "Certainly... Take classical music, for instance... Two people who shared a love for Beethoven could become very close..." "How about TV?

How will I accomplish such a thing?" he said, and her lashes fluttered closed as his bottom lip scraped gently up the curve of her chin. "I'll be everywhere you are. Your very shadow.

wedding ceremony indicated a closeness between John and her. The old woman quite obviously doted upon her only grandchild. Had she made similar allowances for her wayward son?

were family

We couldn't know, but we were open to knowing. As close as we'd been when we were together, we were closer in our unraveling, telling each other everything at last, words that seemed to us might never have been spoken between two human beings before, so deep we went, saying everything that was beautiful and ugly and true.

So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me.

Telling has a way of dispersing things. It will allow your lover to stand closer inside the circle of you. Let him.

Technology brings us closer to the furthest, …and distances us from the closest.

My favorite place to be is snuggled up in your heart.

The closer two hearts are to each other, the softer each needs to speak to be heard

At the same time, you have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you, too far and they abandon you. How to hold them in the right relation?

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.

She knew him so well, the amused, detached tone of his voice, the scroll of his ear, his eyes, his bony frame. Someone whom she always wanted in the room, someone who saw the world the same way, and it had always been like that.

We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate "I's" into one worldview.

Real closeness occurs most reliably not when it is pursued or demanded in a relationship, but when both individuals work consistently on their own selves. <...> Working on the self includes clarifying beliefs, values, and life goals, staying responsibly connected to persons on one's own family tree, defining the "I" in key relationships, and addressing important emotional issues as they arise.

The partners have learned how to balance the requirements of closeness and separateness, how to create a sexual life that satisfies them both, how to solve problems effectively together, and how to talk and listen to each other so their differing points of view are understood and honored.

From our view, these scars are very active in adult intimate relationships and show up constantly when a partner turns away or shows a still face when the other is trying to engage.

You will go to bed, Christa. But not alone.