--- title: "12 Intimacy People Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Intimacy People quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Intimacy People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/b-j-porter-25717_cds_but-the-people-on-the-cd-are-famous-thos_698776.jpg" --- > [: But the people on the CD are famous. Those people were coming out to see those people. I don't think they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-porter/but-the-people-on-the-cd-are-famous-those-people-were-coming-out-to/) [B. J. Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/b-j-porter-25717_cds_but-the-people-on-the-cd-are-famous-thos_698776.jpg) > [The first great real intimacy between two people begins when secrets are told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-carroll/the-first-great-real-intimacy-between-two-people-begins-when-secrets/) [Jonathan Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/jonathan-carroll-4590_firsts_the-first-great-real-intimacy-between-tw_2871327.png) > [I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armand-assante/i-do-not-want-to-act-unless-i-have-a-a-great-intimacy-with-the-people/) [Armand Assante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armand-assante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/armand-assante-28367_career_i-do-not-want-to-act-unless-i-have-a-a-g_1530156.png) > [We have different kinds of intimacy with many, many people. I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/we-have-different-kinds-of-intimacy-with-many-many-people-i-m/) [Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/ann-patchett-670_books_we-have-different-kinds-of-intimacy-with_894565.jpg) > [“Yes, she would have been partial to men, perhaps she might even have confined herself to one man in particular, if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/yes-she-would-have-been-partial-to-men-perhaps-she-might-even-have/) [Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/jonathan-coe-10154_intimacy-people_yes-she-would-have-been-partial-to-men-p_75548.jpg) > [I've managed to create intimacy with people I know, and people that I don't know. The longer things stay inside of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/i-ve-managed-to-create-intimacy-with-people-i-know-and-people-that-i/) [Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/leigh-newman-15257_black_i-ve-managed-to-create-intimacy-with-peo_2056200.jpg) > [Office life is very, very strange. It's like no other way of living. You have an intimacy with people who you work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/office-life-is-very-very-strange-it-s-like-no-other-way-of-living-you/) [John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/john-banville-2532_because_office-life-is-very-very-strange-it-s-li_1685865.png) > [A close, daily intimacy between two people has to be paid for: it requires a great deal of experience of life, logic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/a-close-daily-intimacy-between-two-people-has-to-be-paid-for-it/) [Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/ivan-goncharov-16673_blame_a-close-daily-intimacy-between-two-peopl_1823936.jpg) > [“Jason once told me that eye contact is the most intimacy two people can have -- forget sex -- because the optic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/jason-once-told-me-that-eye-contact-is-the-most-intimacy-two-people/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/douglas-coupland-305_eye-contact_jason-once-told-me-that-eye-contact-is-t_323140.jpg) > [I love digital, but the only problem is less intimacy. People look at the screen right away. Before, nobody saw the picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-demarchelier/i-love-digital-but-the-only-problem-is-less-intimacy-people-look-at/) [Patrick Demarchelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-demarchelier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/patrick-demarchelier-22577_digital_i-love-digital-but-the-only-problem-is-l_2913370.png) > [It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-pfeiffer/it-takes-years-for-me-to-trust-i-know-that-about-myself-a-lot-of-it/) [Michelle Pfeiffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-pfeiffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/michelle-pfeiffer-3639_trust_it-takes-years-for-me-to-trust-i-know-th_982141.jpg) > [“when other characters mistake Sam and Dean for a couple, this is not just a crude attempt at homophobic humor. It also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-a-foresman/when-other-characters-mistake-sam-and-dean-for-a-couple-this-is-not/) [Galen A. Foresman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-a-foresman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/galen-a-foresman-113961_angel_when-other-characters-mistake-sam-and-de_1402007.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intimacy-people/#itemlist", "name": "Intimacy People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": ": But the people on the CD are famous. Those people were coming out to see those people. I don't think they need that kind of intimacy with those people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. J. 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