54 Intimacy Quotes To Inspire

In a world where connections often feel superficial, true intimacy can be a rare and treasured experience. It bridges the gap between individuals, fostering deeper understanding and affection. Whether shared between partners, friends, or family, intimacy is the essence of meaningful relationships. To celebrate this profound bond, we have curated a collection of the top 54 intimacy quotes that capture the beauty and complexity of these connections. These quotes not only inspire but also offer insights into nurturing and appreciating the intimate relationships we hold dear. Prepare to dive into a realm of wisdom that celebrates love, vulnerability, and the authentic ties that bind us.

1. “Jason once told me that eye contact is the most intimacy two people can have -- forget sex -- because the optic nerve is technically an extension of the brain, and when two people look into each other's eyes, it's brain-to-brain.” - Douglas Coupland

2. “I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can't believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can't imagine ever being that intimate with somebody else. I haven't been.” - Raymond Carver

3. “Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.” - Aberjhani

4. “I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a dialogue would be equivalent to self-destruction. The company which I need is the company which a pub or a cafe will provide. I have never wanted a communion of souls. It's already hard enough to tell the truth to oneself.” - Iris Murdoch

5. “the sweet juices of your mouthare like castles bathed in honey.i've never had it done so gently before.you have put a circle of castlesaround my penis and you swirl themlike sunlight on the wings of birds.” - Richard Brautigan

6. “there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.” - Brad Meltzer

7. “Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food.I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance is always knowing exactly where that someone else's hands are. She smiled and said, there was a time I thought that way, too. But at the heart of the romance is the knowledge that those hands may wander off elsewhere, but somehow through luck or destiny or plain blind groping they'll find a way back to you, and maybe you'll be smart enough then to be grateful for everything that's still possible, in spit of your own weaknesses- and his.” - Kamila Shamsie

8. “Every intimacy carries secreted somewhere below its initial lovely surfaces, the ever-coiled makings of complete catastrophe.” - Elizabeth Gilbert

9. “Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.” - Haruki Murakami

10. “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

11. “Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.” - David Baldacci

12. “Mystical experiences do not necessarily supply new ideas to the mind, rather, they transform what one believes into what one knows, converting abstract concepts, such as divine love, into vivid, personal, realities.” - R.M. Jones

13. “Though there are exceptions, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism tend to stress desirable states of consciousness, escaping the fretful, self-aware state of mind that so often makes everyday living a burden. For mystics from the Abrahamic faiths, however, the inward odyssey is also an upward odyssey, a quest for personal and vital communion with an infinite Being.” - David C. Downing

14. “The opposite of Loneliness is not Togetherness , It's Intimacy” - Richard Bach

15. “It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.” - Elizabeth Kostova

16. “I wonder if ever again Americans can have that experience of returning to a home place so intimately known, profoundly felt, deeply loved, and absolutely submitted to? It is not quite true that you can't go home again. I have done it, coming back here. But it gets less likely. We have had too many divorces, we have consumed too much transportation, we have lived too shallowly in too many places.” - Wallace Stegner

17. “The miraculous intimacy we shared did not have the time to generate into resentful emotional bondage” - Josephine Hart

18. “Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.” - Barbara Cartland

19. “We walked back to iDEATH, holding hands. Hands are very nice things, especially after they have travelled back from making love.” - Richard Brautigan

20. “Sex parties, alcohol and drugs lost their appeal to Sven after a while. Music never did, in his continual search for that sober connection--intimacy with one person over a long period of time, as opposed to periods of intimacy with a bunch of random faces.” - Jess C. Scott

21. “Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.” - Alain De Botton

22. “I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other's wounds; they repair the broken skin.” - Lauren Oliver

23. “Sound crazy? It may well be, but it is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest to conceal. p.215” - Stephanie Dowrick

24. “God rewards every act of obedience to His Will.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

25. “Dare to be different. Represent your maker well and you will forever abide in the beautiful embrace of his loving arms.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

26. “Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

27. “For the first time in his life he understood why the Bible called sex "knowing". Everything was different. Now he knew Dante. He'd known Dante. And wonder of wonders, Dante had known him right back.” - Damon Suede

28. “...we use intimacy to refer to the physical when it really pertains to the spiritual ..” - John Geddes

29. “Umm, well do I have to tell you how it’s done?” I tease, as I get on my knees and lean over him, . A wide smile spreads over his face as I straddle his lap.“Oh, are you taking dominance? I think I like that.” He grips his hands on my hips, pulling me as close as he can get.” - Annie Brewer

30. “I just read this great quote by Junot Diaz, he was talking about true intimacy, and he was saying that it was the willingness to be vulnerable and to be found out. That’s what I felt that YA did. It wasn't pretentious, and it wasn’t hiding its heart. It wanted to be found out...It felt like those moments when you go to a party and you're standing around for a long time, going, I don't fit in here, what am I going to talk to these people about? And everybody's getting drunk, and then you find this one person, and you end up sitting in some corner talking about all these arcane things.And then before you know it you're having a conversation about the meaning of life and it's four o’clock in the morning. That kind of feeling, that kind of intimacy — I felt like that's what I got from YA.” - Libba Bray

31. “I like the way you touch me.""I like to touch you... That works out for us, huh?” - Jeffrey Brown

32. “The truth is that the fever of desire in youth is fleeting disease that intimacy promptly cure.” - Frank Harris

33. “When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection that is the source of real intimacy and friendship.” - David D. Burns

34. “This morning could have been perfect. The cruel truth is they have never been. Give us loneliness or give us death.” - Sean Gabler

35. “This was our rhythm, our worship: give and take, gift and receive, honor and entrust. Making love to this man wasn’t just an expression of my feelings for him or a carnal, physical need—it was an offering.” - Rachael Wade

36. “In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.” - Fulton J. Sheen

37. “ConnubialBecause with alarming accuracy she’d been identifying patterns I was unaware of—this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the language of intimacy in order to conceal how I felt— I knew I was in danger of being terribly understood.” - Stephen Dunn

38. “Options abound world over, Options to choose from and be the best.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

39. “God takes us through life`s journey. Always nudging our Spirits to go for plus and shun the minus.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

40. “Ride higher in life unto the higher life.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

41. “Shout out for Joy! Don`t scream out in fear for victors shout and victims scream.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

42. “Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

43. “There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

44. “Sow good seeds for a good yield.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

45. “Avoid conflicts, Embrace cordiality.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

46. “Eschew evil and it`s machinations.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

47. “Have the best course for all your actions.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

48. “Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

49. “Always contend for the good!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

50. “Drown those degrading thoughts.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

51. “Light is life and always wins.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

52. “Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

53. “The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

54. “You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu