--- title: "9 Feeling Close Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Feeling Close quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Feeling Close sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/amir-levine-19091_quote_feeling-close-and-complete-with-someone_1010548.jpg" --- > [“Feeling close and complete with someone else -- the emotional equivalent of finding a home”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amir-levine/feeling-close-and-complete-with-someone-else-the-emotional-equivalent/) [Amir Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amir-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/amir-levine-19091_quote_feeling-close-and-complete-with-someone_1010548.jpg) > [The worst feeling is when you're close to someone but they have someone who they will always like more than they like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-worst-feeling-is-when-you-re-close-to-someone-but-they-have/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/anonymous-1_worst-feeling_the-worst-feeling-is-when-you-re-close-t_1434571.jpg) > [It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-was-a-curious-feeling-that-something-could-be-so-close-and-so/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/anonymous-1_curiosity_it-was-a-curious-feeling-that-something_1732940.jpg) > [I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-glass/i-just-have-a-harder-time-i-think-feeling-close-to-people-without/) [Ira Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-glass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/ira-glass-2464_close_i-just-have-a-harder-time-i-think-feelin_2540895.png) > [I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldn't change it for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-gibb/i-just-love-the-feeling-a-close-family-gives-you-and-i-wouldn-t/) [Barry Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-gibb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/barry-gibb-14583_change_i-just-love-the-feeling-a-close-family-g_632042.jpg) > [“True compassion does not stem from the pleasure of feeling close to one person or another, but from the conviction that other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/true-compassion-does-not-stem-from-the-pleasure-of-feeling-close-to/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_compassion_true-compassion-does-not-stem-from-the-p_2146880.jpg) > [Writing about a place is, of course, one good way of feeling close to it, feeling you have made something out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-michael-wilson/writing-about-a-place-is-of-course-one-good-way-of-feeling-close-to/) [Sean Michael Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-michael-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/sean-michael-wilson-38384_courses_writing-about-a-place-is-of-course-one-g_618885.jpg) > [“I would be able to feel his heart from across a room, see his eyes and hear his voice, but feeling him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vee-hoffman/i-would-be-able-to-feel-his-heart-from-across-a-room-see-his-eyes-and/) [Vee Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vee-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/vee-hoffman-20426_quote_i-would-be-able-to-feel-his-heart-from-a_1743342.jpg) > [“Matthew and Lucinda felt at the exact edge of their lives, feeling them close, closer, as near at hand as yet elusive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lethem/matthew-and-lucinda-felt-at-the-exact-edge-of-their-lives-feeling/) [Jonathan Lethem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lethem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/jonathan-lethem-1403_lives-feeling_matthew-and-lucinda-felt-at-the-exact-ed_763184.jpg) ```json { "@context": 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