To enjoy intimacy is to expose your heart to deep sharing as well as to the unloving moments of others.
David Deida • Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life & Death and Love & Sex
I’m beginning to realize the start of all intimacy and true understanding is when you say what you really mean.
valley of things unsaid
Feeling disconnected. Intimacy is built on sharing weaknesses, and friendship involves sharing vulnerabilities.
John Townsend • Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't
“The intimacy that comes with time and attention allows us to be vulnerable with others. This intimacy, across a group, can become a durable network—like mycelia. We are strongest when we feel safe being soft.” To me, that network feels like security.
Cultivating Non-Romantic Intimacy
Being emotionally open requires that you move beyond a bullet list of headlines and reveal who you really are.