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
Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Marx and Engels are arguably history's most famous couple. Such was the closeness of their collaboration that it is not always easy… — Martin Jacques 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
“Darling, don’t chase closeness that costs your peace. Let go of friendships, family ties, or past chapters that weigh heavy on your… — Marjory Qwen Copy Share Image
Our closeness to the Lord will, in great measure, determine the peace and comfort and renewed strength that we feel as we… — Robert E. Wells Copy Share Image
“She hadn't expected to be sorry, and at first she wasn't. The act itself was neither disappointing nor magical; it was what… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Whatever power there is in the urban pictures is bound to the closeness with which they skirt banality. For a shot to… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“It’s wonderful when a kiss lives up to its promise. When hands fist on fabric, push off jackets, tug at and run… — Vee Hoffman Copy Share Image
My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Daily fervent prayers seeking forgiveness and special help and direction are essential to our lives and the nourishment of our testimonies. When… — Donald L. Staheli 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
Diaries tell their little tales with a directness, a candor, conscious or unconscious, a closeness of outlook, which gratifies our sense of… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“…I am certain of this one truth: men can achieve closeness without intimacy, while women can achieve intimacy without closeness. For example,… — Alan Eisenstock Copy Share Image
The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
What I felt for you was a combination of respect and affection. There was a closeness I felt through intimate interaction. The… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“It's like when you take a trip with someone you don't know very well. Sometimes, you can get very close very quickly,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Schopenhauer has a metaphor for human closeness. He writes about cold porcupines who have to snuggle up to keep warm, but if… — Brenda Walker 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
Closeness to another person is like a fear of falling off a building to me. It's really, like, physically painful, and it's… — Adam Duritz Copy Share Image
When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women,… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
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
You have someone in your life whom you honor and revere so much that every hurt on them is inflicted on you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And as we drift into sleep, I feel something I’ve never felt before. A closeness that isn’t merely physical. A connection that… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Neither of us seemed able to be close to anyone. Not even each other. Closeness meant the one you loved the most… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
A man's fatherliness is enriched as much by his acceptance of his feminine and childlike strivings as it is by his memories… — Louise J. Kaplan 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
Not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an imagination that has never broken… — Alain LeRoy Locke 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
How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“We were supposed to be practical. A wham, bam, thank-you ma’am. We weren’t supposed to miss the sex, or the closeness, or… — Lauren Blakely Copy Share Image
Ivan tells Anna: "I used to imagine that being embraced by a woman . . . as something so wonderful that it… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
I do think it's strange that I get associated with Iraq more than the people who were Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary.… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
Anyway, the way political history is passed down is influenced and spoiled by the closeness of the writers to the political figures… — Raymond Pettibon 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
“Theirs was a closeness that went way beyond physical proximity. She was under his skin. Moving closer to his heart. He just… — Kitty French 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
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
“All these openings for closeness--all these humans with their disappointments and their desperate hearts, but it's so much easier, so convenient, to… — Courtney Maum Copy Share Image
![“Ivan tells Anna: "I used to imagine that being embraced by a woman . . . as something so wonderful that it would make me forget everthing . . . [But] happiness, it turns out, will be to share with you the burden I can't share with anyone else.” quote by Vasily Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/vasily-grossman-4608_anna_ivan-tells-anna-i-used-to-imagine-that-b_2854347.jpg)
![“I do think it's strange that I get associated with Iraq more than the people who were Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary. It's because of my closeness to Tony [Blair], which I don't regret at all. I think that was a privilege.” quote by Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/alastair-campbell-11941_blair_i-do-think-it-s-strange-that-i-get-assoc_2665185.png)
