Worship is accomplished with the life as well as with the words and attitudes of people. Changed and transformed lives testify to… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
“The world needs someone they can admire from a distance; from a very far distance.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I had never been with a woman for longer than a night, and they had always been whores. And while throughout each… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Closeness to animals creates the desire to understand them, and not just a little piece of them, but the whole animal. It… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“While waiting for her to phone me at school I'd feel seconds bursting inside me and leaving clouds. That won't come again—it… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick… — Grey's Anatomy Copy Share Image
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
'The Federalist' is a small staff, and our close-knit family of senior contributors outwork our competition because of that closeness. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
America is still a frontier country of wide open spaces. Our closeness to nature is one reason why our problem is not… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“I wished I could spend the rest of my life... being slightly crushed by someone who loved me.” — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Closeness can lead to emotions other than love. It's the ones who have been too intimate with you, lived in too close… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“The city (regardless which one it is) does provide a certain degree of sophistication and intellectualism. It offers the challenge of professional… — Anne LaBastille Copy Share Image
when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it's very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
If one stays too long with friends They will soon tire of him; Living in such closeness leads to dislike and hate.… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
“Instead, we were together in the non-sensorial place, almost like we were inside the other’s consciousness, a closeness that real life with… — John Green Copy Share Image
the New Englander landed on a stony, barren tract, and a large share of his strength during two centuries has gone to… — Rebecca Harding Davis Copy Share Image
In summer, intolerable closeness; in winter, unendurable cold. All the floors were rotten. Filth on the floors an inch thick; one could… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Science boasts of the distance of its stars; of the terrific remoteness of the things of which it has to speak. But… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
In my travels, I have found two peoples, the Tibetans and the Fijians, who don't seem to have this problem. Their closeness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
