Peggy Noonan Quotes

I figured if I played nice, I’d get more time with you.

She really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to it, can you say that about many people?

You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.

Seemed to me important in writing about people to be able to describe the sexual transactions between them. It's - for many people it's the height of, what they see, of ecstasy and poetry is in their sexual encounters. And furthermore, personality - human personality does not end in the bedroom, but persists.

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.

Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.

How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.

Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

I believe that there is an important part of every human being that is defined in terms of their significant other: how we choose our partner, and how we behave when we are with them. And that is the part that interests me. How that part of the personality is forged doesn't just interest me, it fascinates me.

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

How we need another soul to cling to.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

Well, there are different levels of love.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

Sometimes, when you act with someone in an intimate capacity, you have to ask vulnerable questions to speed up intimacy - but that's artificial.

When someone feels truly in love, they feel certain. That means they lose any commitment-phobia and will want to find ways to bring you closer together.

Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.

I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.

You want to attach emotionally.

He gives my hand a tight squeeze, but that desperation, that urgency between us is gone. No insecurities. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. No longer a question. We just are.

It's easier to control people when they're afraid.

And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.

Don’t take your hands off me even once tonight.” (Vlad)

Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.