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title: "5 Close Face Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“when the picture is too close to your face you lose the sight, when the future is too close to your face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohlalefi-j-motsima/when-the-picture-is-too-close-to-your-face-you-lose-the-sight-when/)

[mohlalefi j motsima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohlalefi-j-motsima/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/mohlalefi-j-motsima-41941_closure_when-the-picture-is-too-close-to-your-fa_407076.jpg)

> [“Being close to him with her face in the space between his ear and his stiff army collar was like being initiated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zelda-fitzgerald/being-close-to-him-with-her-face-in-the-space-between-his-ear-and-his/)

[Zelda Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zelda-fitzgerald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/zelda-fitzgerald-4660_gaze_being-close-to-him-with-her-face-in-the_642704.jpg)

> [Sin may be clasped so close, we cannot see its face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-chenevix-trench/sin-may-be-clasped-so-close-we-cannot-see-its-face/)

[Richard Chenevix Trench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-chenevix-trench/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/richard-chenevix-trench-23976_faces_sin-may-be-clasped-so-close-we-cannot-se_941899.jpg)

> [“Ella, let me give you a piece of advice. You feel too much, and everything you feel is right there on that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nyani-nkrumah/ella-let-me-give-you-a-piece-of-advice-you-feel-too-much-and/)

[Nyani Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nyani-nkrumah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/nyani-nkrumah-267070_armor_ella-let-me-give-you-a-piece-of-advice-y_1130549.jpg)

> [In a painting no one complains that the subject is posed, but everybody complains about what looks posed in a photograph. Except,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-loengard/in-a-painting-no-one-complains-that-the-subject-is-posed-but/)

[John Loengard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-loengard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/john-loengard-33680_chins_in-a-painting-no-one-complains-that-the_1299424.png)

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