Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

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Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy. - Henri Nouwen

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Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy. - Abigail Van Buren quotes