Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is … - William Sloane Coffin

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If someone were to ask me for a short cut to sensuality, I would suggest he go shopping for a used 427 Shelby-Cobra. But it is only fair to warn you that of the 300 guys who switched to them in 1966, only two went back to women.

William Sloane Coffin

Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom. . . . Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age; neither sex nor sexual preference; race nor mind-set.

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