It made me realize that we Americans deprive ourselves of something very special by demanding instant intimacy.

In the days since, they had formed the instant intimacy so often born of necessity.

Although she had the gift of instant intimacy, she would just as quickly distance herself at the first hint of real closeness.

"I have a gift," she writes, "if a gift it is, of instant intimacy."

I couldn't keep my eyes off her, wanted to know more about her, to forge an impossible, instant intimacy.

Precisely the kind of upbringing that would stress the dangers of instant intimacy.

Instead, the camera establishes an instant intimacy, then runs with it.

You do not need to know Ms. Giuliani long to see that she has mastered the nuances of instant intimacy.

But like a great salesman, he has a knack for instant intimacy.

In the movie's most touching scene, these two strangers strive for an instant last-minute intimacy by pouring out their secrets.