Mr Earbrass escaped from Messrs Scuffle and Dustcough, who…

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

— Italian Proverb

Friendship is like a distant cousin only communicate from a far.

— Damian Stafon

“There’s someone in town asking for directions to Bhaile Anois,” she said. “He checked in late last night at the inn.” Any and Dan…

— Jude Watson

Roy Acuff's from Maynardville, and that's where a lot of my family's from. So he's, I've been told, a distant cousin, as well.

— Ashley Monroe

“Hey there, Lissa Daniels," he said. He raised his Coke. "Would you like to say hello to your distant cousin, Jack?”

— Kody Keplinger

“For Silas, Lichport was only a name, like that of a distant cousin or a dead relative he’d never met. Familiar but abstract.”

— Ari Berk

“Ms. McMartin had no close family. Her nearest relative was a distant cousin who had recently died in Shanghai, after a severe allergic reaction…

— Jacqueline West

“He was my distant cousin. Not only was he 50 miles away and 50 years away, but he was just very aloof.”

— Jarod Kintz

“If only he didn't believe he was Shamu's distant cousin. It was such a shame for someone so sublime to be certifiable.”

— Rosanna Leo

“She tries to maintain a nondescript exterior; she learns the sideways glance instead of looking at people directly. She speaks in practised, precise sentences…

— Mohammed Hanif

When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader knows Urdu…

— Gulzar

I write in Urdu and everything is written by my hand.

— Gulzar

Being master of Urdu doesn't interest me, being part of the global society does, breathing hope into that society matters to me.

— Gulzar

“Insaano ky, insaano ky saath baahemi tamaam jazbon ko jab Allah ny Roz-e-Awwal takhleeq kia to muhabbat hi woh waahid jazba tha jis ki…

— Farhat Ishtiaq

My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab.

— Gulzar