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Last Updated on Sunday, 26 June 2011 11:52 Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:38

  

“In love and in relationships, whether that be with our families, our spouses, our friends, we are all of us on this earth....like porcupines who are out on a cold winter’s night. They get cold, and they need to huddle together for warmth. They crave connection and they crave warmth.”

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, talks about intimacy and relationships and why people are like porcupines.  

 

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