“The marriage relationship is one of God's creations for building up people. It gives husbands and wives the chance to minister to an immortal human being in a uniquely intimate fashion. To enjoy the meaningfulness of marriage, then, requires a once-made but ongoing commitment of mutual ministry to our mates and the more we seize them, the more meaning our marriage will have.” PeopleGivingHumansMadeEnjoyChanceHuman BeingsWifeFashionCreationBuildingHusbandCommitmentMinistersIntimateImmortalMutualMatesMinistryOngoingHusband And WifeBuilding UpGod's CreationMeaningfulness Author:Larry Crabb
“I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into intimate contact!” FeelsBookHateLeftWifeContactIntimateDivorced Author:Freya Stark
“Biographers know nothing about the intimate sex lives of their own wives, but they think they know all about Stendhal's or Faulkner's.” ThinkingKnowsSexMarriageWifeIntimateBiographers Author:Milan Kundera
“Not only do our wives need support, but our children need our deep involvement in their lives. If this period [the early years] ofprimitive needs and primitive caretaking passes without us, it is lost forever. We can be involved in other ways, but never again on this profoundly intimate level.” IfsWayNeedsYearsChildrenLostLevelsSupportForeverWifeInvolvedPeriodsOur ChildrenIntimatePrimitiveFatherhoodInvolvementCaretaking Author:Augustus Napier