Category Archives: Quotes

Stephanie Dowrick asks if this sounds crazy…

“Sound crazy? It may well be, but it is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest to conceal.” – Stephanie Dowrick, Intimacy and Solitude: Balancing Closeness and Independence

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Marianne Williamson says we were born with love…

“Love is what we were born with.  Fear is what we learned here.” – Marianne Williamson

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Lauren Oliver wonders if this is how people get close…

“I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other’s wounds; they repair the broken skin.” – Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh says one should wait for a gift…

“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient.  One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, A Gift from the Sea … Continue reading

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Joyce Brothers tells how real intimacy is possible…

“Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.” – Dr. Joyce Brothers

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Matthew Kelly tells how to experience intimacy…

“We can’t be loved for who we are if we won’t reveal ourselves. Unrevealed, we never experience intimacy. Unwilling to reveal ourselves, we remain always alone.” – Matthew Kelly, The Seven Levels of Intimacy

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The Italians say you are never too old…

“One is never too old to yearn.” – Italian Proverb

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