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Robert Aitken says it’s really a dance, isn’t it…

“Chance and destiny are not adequate concepts for explaining karma. It’s really a dance, isn’t it!–a dance of sisters and brothers who come together by mysterious likeness and attraction. Their dances in turn come together with all the dances across … Continue reading

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Earon Davis says many find it strange for a person to spend their life…

“Many find it strange for a person to spend their life studying human happiness and intimacy.  I find it strange for anyone not to.” – Earon Davis

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Alice Fulton says embarrassment is not an imitation…

“At least embarrassment is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners.” – Alice Fulton

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Robert Grudin says true intimacy is a human constant…

“True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education, social status, make little difference here; even genius does not presuppose the talent to reveal one’s self completely … Continue reading

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Brad Meltzer says there’s nothing more intimate in life than…

“There’s nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.” – Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle

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Jane Fonda says allow me to clarify…

“Perhaps you think that by intimacy I mean sex, so allow me to clarify. Sex can be intimate but isn’t necessarily so; sometimes it’s just the pleasurable stimulation of genitalia. By intimacy I mean an attunement between two people who, … 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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