“You can relish your own intensity without expecting compliance and perfect understanding. It’s not all or nothing.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“There’s a concept in psychology called the 'need for affect,' which measures the level of intensity at which people want to feel things — not necessarily happiness or other positive emotions, but anything at all.”— Cari Romm, thecut.com
“You should focus relentlessly on something you’re good at doing, but before that you must think hard about whether it will be valuable in the future.”— Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, amazon.com
“I loved her in ways I understood, full of physical aches and the need to be near her whenever I could. But I also loved her in ways that were unfamiliar, with an intensity that made me willing to attempt the impossible.”— Elizabeth Langston, amazon.com
“You can't measure love with numbers, you can only measure it in terms of intensity.”— Paolo Sorrentino, Lenny Belardo, Jude Law, imdb.com
“I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.”— John Green, amazon.com
“My intensity was the reason you fell in love with me. When did it become a terrible thing you wish to cure me of?”— Nikita Gill, instagram.com
“What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home. I want to be held. I don’t want you to come too close. I want you to scoop me up and bring me home at nights. I don’t want to tell you where I am. I want to keep a place am…”— Jeanette Winterson, amazon.com