Intimacy Idiot Quotes

“They’re gay Slytherins. Beware.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“This silence felt not like the absence but the presence of something. I felt seen. It was so quiet it felt loud, like that moment between a breath in and a breath out. The woods’ lungs seemed full, as if they were ready at any moment to speak.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“Hell is other people chewing.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“Here’s my usual party strategy: find the liquor, find the food, find the space where two walls meet. Alienate enough people around you to have some breathing room. Find the attractive people—this shouldn’t take long; they’ll be the ones getting everything they want in life. Once you’ve found them, stare hungrily at them all evening, and interpret every alarmed flicker of eye contact from them as a new stage in your relationship.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“You can tell everything you need to know about a person by the way they treat someone in a service position. If you’re on a date with someone and they’re rude to the waiter, shut it down.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“room. Find the attractive people—this shouldn’t take long; they’ll be the ones getting everything they want in life. Once you’ve found them, stare hungrily at them all evening, and interpret every alarmed flicker of eye contact from them as a new stage in your relationship.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“No—it’s nice, it’s refreshing. But it’s frowned upon; I can’t really tell other furries about you.” That’s too bad, I wanted to say as I watched him dress, because I’m going to tell everybody about you.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“A furry, for the uninitiated, is a person who identifies very deeply with, and dresses up as, an anthropomorphized animal. There have been quite a few evening news segments devoted to them, with lots of ominous music playing over shots of Care Bears walking down the street holding hands. YouTube it.”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“In terms of theatrics and mind-boggling intimacies, the subway cannot be beat—people you see every day and smile at, people who subtly protect each other just by shifting how they’re standing, people who compliment each other’s outfits, ask where they bought them and for how much. I’ve seen people meet-cute, make out, and break”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot

“He put a quarter in and dialed. “You fuckin’ proud of yourself?” he said. “Don’t you fuck with me, kid. You think I won’t break into your place and start a fire? You ready to watch every single thing you love fucking burn?”
― Isaac Oliver, Intimacy Idiot