Intimacy Quotations | Page 3

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.

There's a certain intimacy involved. You have to get very close to the person who's threatening you. It's the opposite of what your instinct is.

Chicago is a great theatre town, with theatergoers that are both discerning but adventurous, ... I know that Spelling Bee will be right at home here, and I'm thrilled that the Drury Lane Theatre is available to us. It has just the right feeling of intimacy for this show.

All intimacies are based on differences.

True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.

Praise is the 'breath' which gives us life, because it is intimacy with God, an intimacy that grows through daily praise.

She just had a very quiet way of speaking, and it really engaged you because she was so soft-spoken; you had to listen carefully. There was a kind of intimacy that you immediately had.

She is a very serious, down-to-earth, no-nonsense artist. She has always talked about intimacy and quietness in her work, and yet she is also the only artist of her generation who has tackled these huge public projects. That is a very rare balance.

Most people have come to prefer certain of lifes experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness.