Category Archives: Quotes

Anais Nin chooses a man…

“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to … Continue reading

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Jane Austen tells what determines intimacy…

“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.” – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

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Henry David Thoreau gives the remedy for love…

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal, July 25, 1839

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Marianne Williamson says darkness must be exposed…

“Can the purpose of a relationship be to trigger our wounds? In a way, yes, because that is how healing happens; darkness must be exposed before it can be transformed. The purpose of an intimate relationship is not that it … Continue reading

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Thomas Moore says it is no wonder we suffer…

“Technologies of the soul tend to be simple, bodily, slow and related to the heart as much as the mind.  Everything around us tells us we should be mechanically sophisticated, electronic, quick, and informational in our expressiveness – an exact … Continue reading

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Hayes Carll sings I just need someone to hold…

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Mark Polish says everyone knows what falling in love is like…

“Everyone knows what falling in love is like but being in love is what people have lost. That intimacy to be in bed with somebody and just laugh and not hold anybody accountable for what they say.” – Mark Polish

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