Henri Nouwen

Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other.

Dutch Clergyman

Garry Shandling

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?

American Comedian

Eugene H. Peterson

That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.

American Clergyman

Eric Mabius

Being able to laugh at a situation can help you hang on to your perspective. And there's an intimacy in laughter that nothing else can come close to.

American Actor

George Santayana

Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.

Spanish Philosopher

Yolanda Hadid

I have been driven by romance my whole life because I crave the intimacy that comes with that.

American Model

Jack Nicholson

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

Ira Sachs

Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.

American Director

Charlotte Gainsbourg

I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.

French Actress

Robert Morgan

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

American Poet

Implies a depth in relationship that goes further than average friendship.

Beyond Friendship

Association with strong emotional bonds and understanding between people.

Emotionally Charged

Can refer to platonic relationships as well as romantic ones.

Not Always Romantic

Refers to the personal space and private life that everyone has.

Personal Boundaries

Suggests that some information is expected to be kept confidential.

Discretion Expected

Highlights the physical aspect, which is sometimes sexual.

Physical Connection

Both parties should agree to this shared physical closeness.

Requires Consent

Intimacy in this sense is about truly knowing someone deeply.

In-depth Knowledge

Intimacy can be built by experiencing life together.

Shared Experiences

 in this desert like environment. Of course milk is a big part of their diet Any dairies and a lot of side product as well from milk. They have a great intimacy with the animal world that really touched me. They even talk to each other in the way they would talk to their horses. It was quite surprising at first

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 and reduce malpractice. That openness, that trust, is only going to be more important as we move from the infectious to the behavioral model of disease. Bacteria may not care so much about trust and intimacy, but for people to tackle the hard lifestyle choices, to address issues like smoking cessation,

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 It's important to remember that it's not how a relationship starts that matters, it's how it evolves. It's important in the early days of a new relationship to pay attention to how you're feeling. Are you comfortable with the pace of intimacy? Do you feel like you have space and room to breathe?

The difference between...

 where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class, which every student signs at the beginning of the read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.

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 to protect and isolate ourselves. Love's delight, intimacy, and warmth helps us overcome our fear of the world, escape our lonely shells, and engage more abundantly in life. Love enriches our whole being, making it the best thing in life.

Why do we love? A...

 space that we've got to share the quiet intimacies of who is who that for me to hear the friends of mine who come from different tribes and are married start being threatened by each other when politics get hot because they've never

The reality constructed...

 where we are most vulnerable. And we are vulnerable. We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship

Connected, but alone? PIPE...

 that we observe from afar in many of Vermeer's paintings. A girl reading a letter. A piano lesson. A portrait artist at work. These paintings give us a sense of intimacy while retaining their distance,

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 world like this i never dreamt i'd have the chance to walk with cheetahs this intimacy also allowed me to see things i quite frankly could never have spotted if i were following a purely wild family

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 Is it a hookup, a love story, paid sex, a chat room, a massage with a happy ending? Why do we think that men cheat out of boredom and fear of intimacy,