Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Intimacy seems to be one of the major highs of life, whether it's getting to know yourself in a deeper way, or your partner, or the world and the society that you live in.
I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.
Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful.
I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit.
People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.
Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.
I try to stay away from forced intimacy.
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