“We talked for hours. Long, rambling conversations about everything under the sun. Spending time with her was intoxicating. We seemed to have everything in common. We shared the same interests. We were driven by the same goal. She got all of my jokes. She made me laugh. She made me think. She changed…”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“I was in love with her. I could feel it, deep in the soft, chewy caramel center of my being.”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“As you get better at communicating, as you trust more, as you become more vulnerable, sex will improve.”— Jennifer Smith, unveiledwife.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
“Chandler still thinks I'm pregnant and he hasn't asked me how I'm feeling or offered to carry my bags. I feel bad for the woman who ends up with him.”— Phoebe Buffay, amazon.com
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“He knows the one thing he can whisper in your ear that is basically all the foreplay you need. I call this compliment foreplay™, and it is guaranteed to get you wet. (Although I guess you don't need help with that since you're a puddle.) (Is this article just tips for sexy puddles now?) (Where am I?…”— Emma Barker, cosmopolitan.com
“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
“I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.”— Paul Young, amazon.com
“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you.”— Hannah Harrington, amazon.com
“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much th…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com