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title: "11 Kept Distance Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Kept Distance quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Kept Distance sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Kishan kept his distance, but his come-hither eyes made my face burn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-houck/kishan-kept-his-distance-but-his-come-hither-eyes-made-my-face-burn/)

[Colleen Houck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-houck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/colleen-houck-1066_kelsey_kishan-kept-his-distance-but-his-come-hi_1474982.png)

> [My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-baker-motley/my-father-kept-his-distance-from-working-class-american-blacks/)

[Constance Baker Motley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-baker-motley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/constance-baker-motley-14556_class_my-father-kept-his-distance-from-working_1425446.png)

> [How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/how-is-it-possible-to-miss-a-woman-whom-you-kept-at-a-distance-so/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/steve-martin-593_distance_how-is-it-possible-to-miss-a-woman-whom_3183274.jpg)

> [Will never told me he was doing this, but I think he kept distance to let me explore and really feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatyana-ali/will-never-told-me-he-was-doing-this-but-i-think-he-kept-distance-to/)

[Tatyana Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatyana-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/tatyana-ali-25432_feel_will-never-told-me-he-was-doing-this-but_2741646.png)

> [As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-the-lord-the-lord-stayed-away/)

[Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png)

> [I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/i-think-the-reason-we-sometimes-have-the-false-sense-that-god-is-so/)

[Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/ravi-zacharias-1158_christian-inspiratio_i-think-the-reason-we-sometimes-have-the_2711267.jpg)

> [“Easy enough to fight when the monster kept its distance, easy enough to draw the line. But when the moster was literally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-buckley/easy-enough-to-fight-when-the-monster-kept-its-distance-easy-enough/)

[Carla Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-buckley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/carla-buckley-225856_quote_easy-enough-to-fight-when-the-monster-ke_1209256.jpg)

> [“I told you. I want to talk to you." "So talk," she said. "Not like this." His hand wrapped around her arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/i-told-you-i-want-to-talk-to-you-so-talk-she-said-not-like-this-his/)

[Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/sarah-addison-allen-810_hope_i-told-you-i-want-to-talk-to-you-so-talk_1099373.jpg)

> [I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-ve-rarely-kept-my-distance-from-kind-of-i-don-t-know-if-we-can-call/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/david-byrne-1206_civic_i-ve-rarely-kept-my-distance-from-kind-o_2317348.jpg)

> [“I’ve always liked you, from the first moment I saw you at the Pigafetta Stadium.” He kept his distance because he wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirella-muffarotto/i-ve-always-liked-you-from-the-first-moment-i-saw-you-at-the/)

[Mirella Muffarotto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mirella-muffarotto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/mirella-muffarotto-26961_epic-love_i-ve-always-liked-you-from-the-first-mom_922374.jpg)

> [“There was only one hope she didn't and wouldn't allow herself to hold on to: that if, in almost thirty years, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/there-was-only-one-hope-she-didn-t-and-wouldn-t-allow-herself-to-hold/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/ingeborg-bachmann-12011_incompatibility_there-was-only-one-hope-she-didn-t-and-w_1319007.jpg)

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