“Sex isn't good unless it means something. It doesn't necessarily need to mean 'love' and it doesn't necessarily need to happen in a relationship, but it does need to mean intimacy and connection... There exists a very fine line between being sexually liberated and being sexually used.”— Laura Sessions Stepp, amazon.com
“You turn me on from across the room, and I’ll completely melt if you come any closer.”— Crystal Woods, amazon.com
“So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which brings happiness to the person who knows how to wake it. She taught him that after a celebration of lo…”— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com
“To feel aroused is to feel alive. Having great sex is like taking in huge lungfuls of fresh air, essential to your body, essential to your health, and essential to your life.”— Fiona Thrust, amazon.com
“It was the wildness of it that got me going: the primal lust, the sheer needs of two people in heat, quickly finding ways to express their sacred hunger to each other in animal passion.”— Fiona Thrust, amazon.com
“Two people making love, she once said, are like one drowned person resuscitating the other.”— Anatole Broyard, amazon.com
“I live for sex. I celebrate it, and relish the electricity of it, with every fibre of my being. I can see no better reason for being alive.”— Fiona Thrust, amazon.com
“We live in a world where people are afraid to feel anything genuine or are afraid to show it.”— Melissa Moeller, thoughtcatalog.com
“They haven't just had sex; they have translated their feelings--appreciation, tenderness, gratitude, and surrender--into a physical act.”— Alain de Botton, amazon.com
“If intercourse is proving to be too difficult for you, you can try taking it off the table for casual hook-ups. You can still have a ton of fun without having intercourse. You may find it easier to stay emotionally detached if you stick with less intimate activities.”— Vanessa Marin, bustle.com
“It's been so long since you've been intimate with someone that just the thought freaks you out. You're worried what other people will think of you and if you're good enough. Just get out there and stop worrying!”— Feed Gag, feedgag.com
“Maintaining a tight connection between you and your partner throughout can exponentially increase their satisfaction. Whether it’s making eye contact, allowing yourself to make noises, or touching other parts of his body with a free hand, anything you can do to attune yourself to his experience will…”— Cory Silverberg, sexuality.about.com
“Intimacy isn't who you let touch you. Intimacy is who you text at 3am about your dreams and fears. Intimacy is giving someone your attention when ten other people are asking for it. Intimacy is the person always in the back of your mind, no matter how distracted you are.”— Hp Lyrikz, kcorley92.tumblr.com
“Touch him throughout your conversation. Don’t place your hand on his knee and start rubbing it. That is so obvious. But, do touch him ever so slightly now and then on his arm or touch his hands from time to time. Create a warm, cozy intimate atmosphere for the two of you.”— Mari Lyles, huffingtonpost.com
“There was an intimacy in writing that was somehow absent from personal interactions.”— Sarah Lotz, amazon.com