23 Quotes About What It Really Means To Make Love (And Not Just Have Sex)

“Making love is filled with emotions. It's an act of expressing and showing the love you have for the person you're sharing the experience with. It's much more of a connection, more tender and it involves the heart, making love is more meaningful and satisfying. It's what was intended when the act wa…”

— Anonymous Woman, answers.yahoo.com

“In my opinion (and experience), it’s far more common to have sex than to make love. However, this means that when you do find yourself both emotionally and physically stimulated with a partner you care for very deeply, you appreciate the art of lovemaking so much more than that one-night stand a few…”

— College Candy, collegecandy.com

“Making love is about more than just right now. Making love is a physical manifestation of how you feel about your partner; namely how much you love them. It’s not as much about getting a great orgasm as it is connecting on a deeper level, becoming one person and expressing your feelings in a sexual…”

— Anonymous, welovedates.com

“As distinct from mere sex, love-making dissolves the chasm between ‘you’ and ‘me.’ The resolution, however, is not ‘us’ because ‘we’ can still be divided. Instead, in love-making there is the mutual consciousness of unbounded unity without partition...In making love, your loins are mine, and mine yo…”

— Elliot D. Cohen Ph.D., psychologytoday.com

“Intimacy isn’t just good for you—it’s good for your relationship, too. During sex, you’re literally connected to your significant other, which leads you to feel more attached to them on a biological level. After a morning romp, you get to go your separate ways knowing that your bond has been strengt…”

— Mélanie Berliet, thoughtcatalog.com

“When you are making love with someone, you can go fast or slow, but you will always be paying attention to them. In many ways making love to a guy is a way to show him just how much you care about him. While it's obviously a bonus if you orgasm, you are going to be just as focused with making sure t…”

— Sean Jameson, yourtango.com

“Making love is perhaps a little slower, giving more time for romance and satisfying your partner’s emotional and physical needs. Fucking is consensual sex that is intense, aggressive and more about taking control.”

— Anonymous Guy, goodmenproject.com

“An emotional connection sparks more fire. Making love trumps fucking every time because of how emotionally charged it is. Being able to stare deeply into his eyes while he enters you connects you in a way that’s inexplicable and unlike anything else.”

— Angelica Bottaro, thebolde.com

“One night, I started opening up about a lot of my fears and worries, after which he lovingly reassured me. We started kissing and soon, we engaged in what I would have to say is the first love making session I have ever had in my life. Many glorious orgasms were had by yours truly, to the point wher…”

— A R Norman, girlsaskguys.com

“The weird stuff that happens during sex is less embarrassing when you’re with someone you love. You don’t have to worry that your cellulite is showing or your stomach is making a strange noise because you know that they love you and aren’t here just to get their rocks off. Plus, your ass is fabulous…”

— Jillian Paulson, thoughtcatalog.com

“People always say that the sex dies once you tie the knot, but that doesn’t have to be the case. After ten years, there’s no one else’s body you know as well as your lover’s, and you feel comfortable communicating what you want and need out of lovemaking. We’re doing it just as often as we did back…”

— Anonymous Guy, thoughtcatalog.com

“A man who truly loves women, is loved by women. These men get pleasure from giving pleasure. The act of lovemaking is selfless instead of selfish.”

— Christina Antonyan, confidentlover.com

“As you get better at communicating, as you trust more, as you become more vulnerable, sex will improve.”

— Jennifer Smith, unveiledwife.com

“When it comes to better sex, all five senses and your brain can play a big role -- but there is something even more important -- your heart, according to a recent survey from Durex and YourTango. The survey of more than 1,000 people from May 20 to June 17, 2013 shatters common misconceptions that se…”

— Your Tango, yourtango.com

“Sex is communication. Sex with someone you aren't in love with, then, feels like a promise you mutter under your breath, not sure if you can keep it. It bugs you. You're in bed together, but you're not in the room together, not exactly. You're strangers to each other, even as you're sharing the kitc…”

— Sam Leith, glamourmagazine.co.uk

“Penn State sociologists who interviewed women in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York found that when they're in a committed relationship, women are more keen to try something new—including in the bedroom. It also makes the whole experience of getting it on overall more satisfying for women, and c…”

— Lindsay Tigar, cnn.com

“Trying new things is fun, not freakish – Role playing, sex toys and new positions can be introduced into the bedroom in a way that feels safer, and ultimately more enjoyable, when you really know (and love) your partner. Casually showing up to your booty call’s house in a naughty nurse costume might…”

— The Editors at Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan.com.au

“He knows exactly what you like because he's made the effort to learn your body. He has a very particular set of skills, and he will look for your clitoris, he will find your clitoris, and he will make your clitoris orgasm.”

— Emma Barker, cosmopolitan.com

“When a relationship matures, sex matures. You now have the advantage of knowing each other well. Fear of rejection is replaced with trust and security. This allows you to move into a stage of experimentation and mutual growth. You can take the time to fine-tune your skills as a lover.”

— HealthyPlace Staff, healthyplace.com

“Making Love consists of the positive things you say and do from within your heart as a routine in effort to please not yourself, but your partner without the goal of self-gratification.”

— Darryl Y. Barron, amazon.com

“There's raw uninhibited sex just for sex's sake that's tons of fun. Then there's completely head-over-heals in love sex that is like looking through a person's soul. It's like comparing Tim Burton's Batman to Christopher Nolan's. Two equally exciting, but very different, animals. Both are great. Jus…”

— Anonymous, quora.com

“When you feel comfortable enough to ask a partner to grab some tampons for you while making a grocery run, you're likely capable of letting them know it makes you see major orgasm-sparkles when they do that thing, right there. In the same vein, they should indulge in the same kind of honesty. And gu…”

— Beca Grimm, bustle.com

“Making love, she'd always believed, was more than simply a pleasurable act between two people. It encompassed all that a couple was supposed to share: trust & commitment, hopes & dreams, a promise to make it through whatever the future might bring. The greater the love; the greater the tragedy when…”

— Nicholas Sparks, goodreads.com