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
It is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural… — Ansel Adams 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
“Neither my deeds contain any essence nor, my gestures have sense of zeal, my days are creeping forth for nothingness; with this… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
The closeness [of Rex Tillerson] to [Vladimir] Putin will be one of the unifying issues between the Republican critics and Democratic critics. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
Balm of the summer night, balm of the ordinary, imperial joy and sorrow of human existence, the dreamed as well as the… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
I know when I feel good when I play. There's a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
When you make a breakthrough it is a moment of scientific exhilaration because you have been on this search and seem to… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
To mature is in part to realize that while complete intimacy and omniscience and power cannot be had, self-transcendence, growth, and closeness… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
I think honestly, SOME people who think they’re gay, they’re confused. People can misconstrue closeness for love. People can feel connected, they… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
That is God's call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
All of a sudden I understand why I like Aliki Barnstones poems so much. They remind me of the one she has… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
I LOVE THE COMEDY CLUBS AND THE CLOSENESS OF THE CROWD. HOWEVER THE MORE YA DO THE BIG ROOMS THEY START TO… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
“There was also closeness, for the end of a couple is like a death, and the notion of death, of temporariness, can… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The need here is professional closeness tempered by emotional distance. — Robert Audi Copy Share Image
I like to write about people who are real and likeable. I like to write about people who tell their stories in… — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries… — Julie Plec 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
“That's sisters, Katie thought. They stick together. They don't have to be grown-up before they start. I guess they are just born… — Loula Grace Erdman Copy Share Image
“Ruth Bowers laid her hand, as she spoke, on Frances's arm and the physical contact was like a burn, distracting her totally.… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
Our daily existence requires both closeness and distance, the wholeness of self, the wholeness of intimacy. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image