Proximity and closeness are not the same.

How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it,…

— David Guterson

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

— Carrie Fisher

“How long has it been since you and me? Hugs and kisses. Blankets and snuggles. Our sparks smoldering without a fireplace. Losing time is…

— 2019 Fidelis O Mkparu

“I'd watch his smooth chest rise and fall with each steady breath, I'd watch the pulsating of his stomach when he laughed, and I'd…

— Ashley Newell

Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…

— Pope Benedict XVI

This is really skin privilege, the ranking of color in terms of its closeness to white people or white-skinned people and its devaluation according…

— Toni Morrison

Daily fervent prayers seeking forgiveness and special help and direction are essential to our lives and the nourishment of our testimonies. When we become…

— Donald L. Staheli

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

— Henri Nouwen

Women, understand that sex does not always equate to love, it just equates to a false sense of emotional closeness.

— Enhance Dreams

The aesthetic event is something as evident, as immediate, as indefinable as love, the taste of fruit, as water. We feel poetry as we…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“I do not know what to do with the emotions inside me. I do not know how to be this close to someone and…

— Lisa Renee Jones

The aesthetic event is something as evident, as immediate, as indefinable as love, the taste of fruit, of water. We feel poetry as we…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience [His] closeness, [His] friendship, [His] Love; only in this way does…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Dad?' 'Yeah?' 'Could you tell me a story?' 'Sure.' 'A good one.' 'As opposed to all the boring ones I tell.' 'Right.' I tucked…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“I look at you And I want to build things Four walls A roof A room with a view I look at you And…

— José N. Harris