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Esther Perel quotes: Women want to talk first, connect first, then have sex. For men, sex is the connection. Sex is man's language of intimacy

Women want to talk first, connect first, then have sex. For men, sex is the connection. Sex is man's language of intimacy

Esther Perel quotes: Today, our sexuality is an open-ended personal project; it is part of who we are, an identity, and no longer merely something we do.

Today, our sexuality is an open-ended personal project; it is part of who we are, an identity, and no longer merely something we do.

Esther Perel quotes: I got rid of my motorcycle when Jimmy was born. I'm not allowed to die in a bike crash anymore.

I got rid of my motorcycle when Jimmy was born. I'm not allowed to die in a bike crash anymore.

Esther Perel quotes: Eroticism thrives in the space between the self and the other.

Eroticism thrives in the space between the self and the other.

Esther Perel quotes: The body often contains emotional truths that words can too easily gloss over.

The body often contains emotional truths that words can too easily gloss over.

Esther Perel quotes: When there is nothing left to hide, there is nothing left to seek.

When there is nothing left to hide, there is nothing left to seek.

Esther Perel quotes: In my community there were two groups of people, There were the ones who did not die and the ones who came back to life.

In my community there were two groups of people, There were the ones who did not die and the ones who came back to life.

Esther Perel quotes: Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness.

Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness.

Esther Perel quotes: The attraction of dating is that you don't take yes for granted - - you're fully engaged, there's seductiveness, tension.

The attraction of dating is that you don't take yes for granted - - you're fully engaged, there's seductiveness, tension.

Esther Perel quotes: Eroticism. Though I doubt that they ever used this word, they embodied its mystical meaning as a quality of aliveness, a pathway to freedom

Eroticism. Though I doubt that they ever used this word, they embodied its mystical meaning as a quality of aliveness, a pathway to freedom

Esther Perel quotes: In dating, if you say no, your lover goes on to the next person. In marriage, if you say no, the person stays.

In dating, if you say no, your lover goes on to the next person. In marriage, if you say no, the person stays.

Esther Perel quotes: There's something very full in knowing that your partner accepts you as is.

There's something very full in knowing that your partner accepts you as is.

Esther Perel quotes: The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

Esther Perel quotes: It's hard to experience desire when you're weighted down by concern.

It's hard to experience desire when you're weighted down by concern.

Esther Perel quotes: We're walking contradictions, seeking safety and predictability on one hand and thriving on diversity on the other.

We're walking contradictions, seeking safety and predictability on one hand and thriving on diversity on the other.

Esther Perel quotes: It's hard to feel attracted to someone who has abandoned her sense of autonomy.

It's hard to feel attracted to someone who has abandoned her sense of autonomy.

Esther Perel quotes: Oscar Wilde wrote, "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is getting what one wants, and the other is not getting it." When

Oscar Wilde wrote, "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is getting what one wants, and the other is not getting it." When

Esther Perel quotes: Today, monogamy is one person at a time.

Today, monogamy is one person at a time.

Esther Perel quotes: The ability to go anywhere in our imagination is a pure expression of individual freedom. It is a creative force that can help us transcend reality.

The ability to go anywhere in our imagination is a pure expression of individual freedom. It is a creative force that can help us transcend reality.

Esther Perel quotes: Trouble looms when monogamy is no longer a free expression of loyalty but a form of enforced compliance.

Trouble looms when monogamy is no longer a free expression of loyalty but a form of enforced compliance.

Esther Perel quotes: Sex is about where you can take me, not what you can do to me.

Sex is about where you can take me, not what you can do to me.

Esther Perel quotes: You never know your partner as well as you think.

You never know your partner as well as you think.

Esther Perel quotes: there is more than a hint of arrogance in the assumption that we can make our relationships permanent,

there is more than a hint of arrogance in the assumption that we can make our relationships permanent,

Esther Perel quotes: When we seek the gaze of another, it isn't always our partner we're turning away from, but the person we have ourselves become.

When we seek the gaze of another, it isn't always our partner we're turning away from, but the person we have ourselves become.

Esther Perel quotes: Love is at once an affirmation and a transcendence of who we are.

Love is at once an affirmation and a transcendence of who we are.

Esther Perel quotes: There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac.

There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac.

Esther Perel quotes: The more we trust, the farther we are able to venture.

The more we trust, the farther we are able to venture.

Esther Perel quotes: What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies the mystery of eroticism.

What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies the mystery of eroticism.

Esther Perel quotes: We used to moralize; today we normalize, and performance anxiety is the secular version of our old religious guilt.

We used to moralize; today we normalize, and performance anxiety is the secular version of our old religious guilt.

Esther Perel quotes: The smaller we feel in the world, the more we need to shine in the eyes of our partner.

The smaller we feel in the world, the more we need to shine in the eyes of our partner.

Esther Perel quotes: Love is an exercise in selective perception

Love is an exercise in selective perception

Esther Perel quotes: My husband deals with pain; I deal with pleasure. They are intimately acquainted.

My husband deals with pain; I deal with pleasure. They are intimately acquainted.

Esther Perel quotes: Everyone should cultivate a secret garden.

Everyone should cultivate a secret garden.

Esther Perel quotes: We no longer get work out of our children; today we get meaning.

We no longer get work out of our children; today we get meaning.

Esther Perel quotes: Mystery is not always about travelling to new places, it is about looking with new eyes.

Mystery is not always about travelling to new places, it is about looking with new eyes.