Jonathan Hull

"It was the chance--just the chance--to come fully alive; to love someone else so completely that you would never again feel alone. That was it, wasn’t it? The promise of being engulfed by love and passion and intimacy; to connect in a way that gently sutured together the souls."

Jonathan Hull

Jack Whyte

"Their sudden intimacy was like the explosive combustion that engulfs and consumes a moth that has fluttered too close to a candle flame; a completely unexpected turn of events that took both of them unawares and swept them irresistibly up and out of themselves even as it hurtled them into each other’s arms."

Jack Whyte

Bertrand Russell

"Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give."

Bertrand Russell

Meredith Grey

"I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the line. It would be nice if you could see it coming, and I don't know how you fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it, and keep it as long as you can. And as for rules, maybe there are none. Maybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself. "

Meredith Grey

Hanif Kureishi

"At the same time, you have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you, too far and they abandon you. How to hold them in the right relation?"

Hanif Kureishi

Richard Brautigan

"Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords."

Richard Brautigan