Intimate Quotes - page 11

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants. (Gary Chapman)
Seemed to have made peace with the bad times. Some manage that with comparative ease. Others remain crippled for life. Those are not the sort who remain soldiers. They become ex-soldiers and get intimate with wine or poppies. View quote
Glen Cook
What's that about? Love must be more about power than we think, if even in its most intimate moment of expression we think about not being the one who risks the most. View quote
Deb Caletti
We can actually reconstruct our past by examining what we think, say, feel, expect, believe, and do in an intimate relationship now. View quote
David Richo
I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers. View quote
James Altucher
How can we know ourselves by ourselves? . . . Soul needs intimate connection, not only to individuate, but simply to live. For this we need relationships of the profoundest kind through which we can realize ourselves, where self-revelation is possible, where interest in and love for soul is paramount. View quote
James Hillman
It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political. View quote
Jonathan Coe
I'm being provided with some emotional ballast by giving me an intimate portrait of one character in particular in contrast to the collective. I'm fortunate that I had very sympathetic readers, but ordinarily - if a book makes you laugh too much, it shifts from "literature" to "entertainment." View quote
Joshua Ferris
Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries allow for intimate connection without dissolving or losing one's sense of self. View quote
Amy Bloom
Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts. View quote
Eloisa James
Real sexual conversations are enormously intimate and beautiful because they reveal so much about who we are and what we want. What are the emotional needs we bring to our sexuality and how do we connect to ourselves and connect to a partner? There's such a rich tapestry that can be revealed, but the vast majority of couples have never had those talks. (Esther Perel)
The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so. View quote
Etgar Keret
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience. View quote
Alice Sebold
A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person. They permit themselves to write down feelings and observations using emotional syntax far more intimate and powerful than speech will allow. View quote
Alice Steinbach
He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher. View quote
Elaine Pagels
The Gospel of Judas really has been a surprise in many ways. For one thing, there's no other text that suggests that Judas Iscariot was an intimate, trusted disciple, one to whom Jesus revealed the secrets of the kingdom, and that conversely, the other disciples were misunderstanding what he meant by the gospel. View quote
Elaine Pagels
Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You'll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with Ruby than I've ever been with another woman. View quote
Carol Vorderman
Baby-carrying means your hearts are close together. It's a very intense and beautiful way to bond with your baby, very intimate. It's also easier than a stroller. View quote
Kelly Cutrone
Sometimes, we writers find the perfect research material. I can't overstate how how precious that feels - it's as though you're having an intimate conversation with someone who has the key to unlock your project. View quote
Chloe Benjamin
But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror up to each other, to be respectful as we explore each other. View quote
Lena Dunham
Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery. (Lauren Groff)
People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger - can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him. View quote
Joyce Meyer
What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we're too religious, we won't be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him. View quote
Joyce Meyer
We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites. View quote
Joan Jett
The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind. View quote
Andrea Bocelli