Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Votes: 4
Rollo MayIntimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them. Votes: 4
Alain de BottonIntimacy between stepchildren and stepparents is indeed proverbially difficult. Votes: 3
Murasaki ShikibuIntimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are. Votes: 3
Cameron DiazIn a family, the same spoken lines come in over and over. Intimacy exhausts. Votes: 3
Hortense CalisherIntimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair. Votes: 3
Hill HarperRoyalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source. Votes: 3
Bill JohnsonIntimacy with GOD is most exhilarating, most amazing, most exciting and most rewarding of all. Votes: 3
TemitOpe IbrahimSeeking Intimacy with God and desiring Fellowship with Him, will make our calling in Christ sure. Votes: 3
Santosh ThankachanIntimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers. Votes: 3
Toni MorrisonIntimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick. Votes: 3
Joshua HarrisIntimacy with God is that I can come in with the honesty of my heart, tell Him how much I'm hurting. Votes: 3
Beth MooreIs it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? Votes: 2
Phil DonahueThe true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity.... Votes: 2
James DickeyI do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with. Votes: 2
Armand AssanteWhen I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him. Votes: 2
Hedy LamarrPretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. Votes: 0
Rick WarrenPhysical intimacy isn't and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. Votes: 0
John GreenThe first great real intimacy between two people begins when secrets are told. Votes: 0
Jonathan CarrollINTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceOnce you achieve self intimacy & self-connection, success, peace & wealth is not far from you. Votes: 0
Vishwas ChavanAmong men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex. Votes: 0
Barbara CartlandNot for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous. Votes: 0
Diana GabaldonAnother way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence. Votes: 0
Jaachynma N.E. AguOnce the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it. Votes: 0
J. Oswald SandersTrue intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming. Votes: 0
Donald MillerMy friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me. Votes: 0
Garry ShandlingTrue worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God. Votes: 0
William TempleThere is no intimacy like that between two women who have chosen to be sisters. Votes: 0
Warsan ShireWe've been socialized with these concepts of love, intimacy, that have no bearing on reality. Votes: 0
Marc Collins-RectorArcade Fire has such intimacy and epic-ness, at the same time, and that's really inspiring. Votes: 0
Spike JonzeWe need imperfection in our relationships, else we would die from the thickness of intimacy. Votes: 0
Gail CaldwellIntensity is not the same as intimacy, although we tend to confuse these two words. Votes: 0
Harriet LernerThere is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge. Votes: 0
Charley PridePrayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend. Votes: 0
Timothy KellerI think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa. Votes: 0
Tom BarbashYou can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy. Votes: 0
Jeff BridgesIt was the intimacy, a sort of spiritual suppleness, when mind prints upon mind indelibly. Votes: 0
Virginia WoolfWhen intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers. Votes: 0
StendhalThe more knowledge one person has of the other, the greater the intimacy within the relationship. Votes: 0
John FriendI'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them. Votes: 0
James DobsonSometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords. Votes: 0
Richard BrautiganThe Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy. Votes: 0
John BevereMy willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another. Votes: 0
Shakti GawainThat is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth. Votes: 0
Marilynne RobinsonI do think that people yearn for connection and intimacy, and that they're hard things to achieve. Votes: 0
Chelsea MartinThere is not true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude. Votes: 0
Thomas MertonThe truth is that the fever of desire in youth is fleeting disease that intimacy promptly cure. Votes: 0
Frank HarrisA ministry of power must be the fruit of a holy, peaceful, loving intimacy with the Lord. Votes: 0
Horatius BonarSmall spaces allow me the intimacy, but make it more of a challenge for the more theatrical pieces. Votes: 0
Karen MasonI want to be completely honest, I have to say that I love the intimacy of the camera. Votes: 0
Laura VandervoortThe true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity. Votes: 0
James DickeyYou have to get out of the boat so you can know the intimacy of walking with Jesus. Votes: 0
Mike PilavachiThere is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy. Votes: 0
Mavis StaplesThe only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity. Votes: 0
Emile M. CioranI try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock. Votes: 0
Jane SiberryWe even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him. Votes: 0
Brennan ManningI don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person. Votes: 0
Jack NicholsonI've often thought that my lack of intimacy with those around me is the fault of those around me. Votes: 0
Luke FordI'm always crying. I get a lump in my throat when I see intimacy between parents and their children. Votes: 0
Anna ChancellorIt's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day Votes: 0
Joey Lauren AdamsPeople with film careers get a whole onslaught of people they spend 12 hours a day with every three months. It's like speed dating. You've got a fast-track to social intimacy with a whole bunch of people. Votes: 1 Christine Elise
Physical intimacy isn't and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. Votes: 3 John Green