#intensity

I fell in love with Neil's pain. We were in this cocoon of intensity. Neil and I were uniquely in the same position at the same time, having overwhelming success facing us. ↗

— Carrie Snodgress

#facing #fell #having #i #intensity

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#famous #independent #intensity #like #love

People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#came #certain #certain things #changed #contract

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#discovered #either #experienced #experiencing #fragility

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity. ↗

— Lawrence Taylor

#game #intensity #rules #sake #stay

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi) ↗

— Eve Ensler

#being-alive #being-different #difference #intensity #love

I make love with a focus and intensity that most people reserve for sleep.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#funny #humor #intense #intensity #love

My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own. ↗

— Julian Schnabel

#been #earliest #early #even #francis

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#poetry #zeal #love

These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can help grieving for them? If the blood vessels could hold them, how much better to keep those early loves with us? ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#intensity #outgrow #survival #love