BREAKING HABITS

'Habits respond to cues that trigger them. Over time habits ossify and become encrusted in behaviour riffs because, in one way or another, they reward us. In order to break habits, we need to recognise those cues and avoid them, or force ourselves to respond to them differently, to experiment with new rewards.' 

Giovanni Frazzetto, Together, Closer, p.173. 

INTIMACY DEFINED

'Intimacy means to enact, rehearse and polish modes of connection.' 

Giovanni Frazzetto, Together, Closer, p.31. 

THE DECEITFULNESS OF LONELINESS

'Loneliness obfuscates. It becomes a deceiving filter through which we see ourselves, others, and the world. It makes us more vulnerable to rejection, and it heightens our general level of vigilance and insecurity in social situations.' 

Giovanni Frazzetto, Together, Closer, p.13. 

DEFINING INTIMACY

'Intimacy eludes singular definitions. From casual sex to life-long bonds, from marriage to betrayal, from friendships to unconditional love, or when we witness birth or death, intimacy reclothes itself constantly.' 

Giovanni Frazzetto, Together, Closer: Stories of Intimacy in Friendship, Love and Family, p.vii.