Charles Frazier Quotes

How we need another soul to cling to.

No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.

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'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.

It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day.

I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.

I think what you learn from relationships is that they are unpredictable.

Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.

I don't fear commitment and people in my world getting too close.

The Scarecrow needed a brain, the Tin Man needed a heart, and the other dude needed courage. I need love. You feel me?

I never want to feel too far away from people. I think that's when you get in trouble.

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

Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers.

It's all well and good saying you avoid pain by avoiding relationships, but what about the wonderful things you're avoiding as well? What about the joy and the intimacy and the trust that come with finding someone you love?

The more you think that you are watching a show about sex, the more you ultimately are watching a show about the challenges of just connecting with human beings and being intimate.

You really know a person when you sleep so near to them, or when you eat with them.

I've traveled all over the world for the Institute, but I never dreamed I'd meet someone like you." "Strong?" A chuckle escaped her. "Yes." "Handsome?" "Of course." "Sharp of wit and skilled with a sword?" "Absolutely." An other chuckle. "But I mean a man… friend… guy. Oh, I don't know what to call you!" He savored her amusement—and her earnest words. "Just call me yours. That is all I want to be." (Ashlyn and Maddox)

At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them. The people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.

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.

They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls?

Like love we don't know where or why Like love we cant compel or fly Like Love we often weep Like Love we seldom keep

Grief is the price we pay for being close to one another. If we want to avoid our grief, we simply avoid each other.