“I wished I could spend the rest of my life... being slightly crushed by someone who loved me.” — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street. — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace. — Cathy Kelly Copy Share Image
My happiest times in the theater are when I do ensemble pieces. I really got into theater because of that closeness. — Faith Prince Copy Share Image
“She was afraid of getting too close to anyone. To her, closeness represented a loss rather than a gain.” — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“There was a closeness though, something there, but I struggled with the issue of trust.” — Rebecca Bradley Copy Share Image
I tried to put things in perspective but sometimes you're just too close to it. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness. — Ara Parseghian Copy Share Image
The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in… — Rubin Carter Copy Share Image
Don't lie to me! Don't seem so normal when I know you have cut yourself off from me in your heart! If… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The closeness of reality and the distance of myth, because if there is no distance you aren't amazed, and if there is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“There is a need for closeness, yet we can’t get too close. The teacher-pupil relationship is a kind of tightrope to be… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
“We actually all tend to make assumptions when it comes to those we love. It’s called the closeness-communication bias. As wonderful as… — Kate Murphy Copy Share Image
Globalization is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness, and that… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“My mother, God rest her soul, often warned that love closes your eyes, but marriage opens them wide. I am not sure… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
“We don’t fear physical closeness because we fear proximity itself. Most of us earnestly want physical contact with those who love us.… — David Richo Copy Share Image
What's required of me in the field is to feel,' Stirton says with emphasis. 'And trying to take that feeling and put… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Many of us have been taught to show caring by worrying about the other person, which doesn't truly create closeness because it… — Kira Asatryan Copy Share Image
“From the first winter afternoon in the Harvard ball fields, "Oh no--I need you" had become an admission and a clarion call--the… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
“Analyzing data from 79 men and women who wore inconspicuous devices that recorded some of their conversations over the course of four… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
Play is a universal language. It gives a sense of joy in being alive. It is one of the healthiest things we… — Louise Hart Copy Share Image
Parenting can be established as a time-share job, but mothers are less good "switching off" their parent identity and turning to something… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
...remember and think about the closeness of the Creator. If you live in this wisdom, it will give you endless strength and… — Frank Fools Crow Copy Share Image
Distance between two persons is the bridge of closeness but too much closeness between two persons becomes the bridge of distance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's hard to get close to people and have fulfilling friendships if you always suspect people are hiding things from you.” — Sarah Morgan Copy Share Image
The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one worldview. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
On the sea shores of life. All good relations are like waves. They come and go. But they touch in such a… — Aldyna Threesya Copy Share Image
Care Is One Main Ingredient That Keeps Closeness Alive Despite Distance And Schedule. Since I Can't Always See You, Let My Care… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
“All human beings crave that closeness of another. Its the desire to have one person in the world want to you to… — Miss Gath Copy Share Image
Over and over again in my life, I find closeness to other people and proximity to other people really painful; that's part… — Adam Duritz Copy Share Image
The one [thing about Amish life] that I'm always going to miss is the closeness that I've had with my family. I… — Kate Stoltzfus Copy Share Image
I think closeness to death would be pretty exhilarating in a way, and friendship, yeh, and selflessness, a kind of selflessness, a… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
The next kiss deepened, became more urgent, needy. There was no space between them, and she could feel he enjoyed their closeness.… — Jana Oliver Copy Share Image
That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
“All these openings for closeness--all these humans with their disappointments and their desperate hearts, but it's so much easier, so convenient, to… — Courtney Maum Copy Share Image
“Theirs was a closeness that went way beyond physical proximity. She was under his skin. Moving closer to his heart. He just… — Kitty French Copy Share Image