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Alexandra Katehakis and Tom Bliss say to be wounded where we make love…

“Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable. – Joyce Brothers VULNERABILITY It’s only … Continue reading

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Jack Kornfield says to discover how sexuality can be connected to the heart…

To pay attention in this way allows us, as laypeople, to discover how sexuality can be connected to the heart and how it can be an expression of love, caring, and genuine intimacy. We have almost all been fools at … Continue reading

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Osho says you have to drop all your defenses…

“You have to drop all your defenses, only then is intimacy possible. We are all hiding a thousand and one things, not only from others but from ourselves.” – Osho

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Kate Kerrigan says we had gradually acquired the unmistakable air of old-love…

“We both grew so used to each other, so comfortable with the naturalness and ease of our friendship, that we became sloppy about keeping our relationship a secret. It was not that we were physically demonstrative or obviously in love, … Continue reading

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Hanif Kureishi says soon we will be strangers…

“Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history.” – Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy: das Buch zum Film von Patrice Chereau

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John Geddes says we use intimacy to refer to the physical when…

“…we use intimacy to refer to the physical when it really pertains to the spiritual…” – John Geddes, A Familar Rain

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Alain de Botton says intimacy is the capacity to be…

“Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone – and finding that that’s ok with them.” – Alain de Botton

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