Another problem with reading diaries is that they presuppose a certain intimacy.

There was a certain intimacy to this action and I think she thought so too.

While he would hesitate to call the centurion a friend to his face, a certain intimacy had grown between them.

They were locked together in this hunt, which had achieved a certain intimacy.

I can therefore speak of it with a certain intimacy of acquaintance.

Even when the characters are in tears, a certain intimacy is lacking.

"Our acquaintance, although brief, is, as you say, of a certain intimacy."

They had achieved a certain intimacy, and he'd wanted to be open with her.

There is a certain intimacy demanded by the democracy of the dryer.

Then call me Luke, as there's a certain intimacy to hatred.