"There is not true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude."
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"Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers."
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"Secrets are the currency of intimacy"
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"It is precisely in times of spiritual dryness that we must hold on to our spiritual discipline so that we can grow into new intimacy with God."
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"All intimacies are based on differences."
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"Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom."
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"instant intimacy was too often followed by disillusion."
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"Touch is the magic wand of intimacy. Love is keeping in touch."
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"Intimacy blossoms anytime you let down your socially acceptable mask."
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"Not for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous."
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"There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage."
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"It was the intimacy, a sort of spiritual suppleness, when mind prints upon mind indelibly."
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"Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend."
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"Among austere men intimacy involves shame--and is something precious."
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"Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy."
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"I love intimacy, always, of performing."
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