Closely Quotes

733 Closely quotes by 620 unique authors

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand? — Christopher Paolini
We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing costume, of course,'… — Gerald Durrell
Be sure it is not for nothing that the Landlord has knit our hearts so closely to time and place – to one friend rather… — C.S. Lewis
I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact, quite… — Roald Dahl
I am incomplete without my work. I am so closely bound to it, so much identified by it, that without it I think I would… — Terry Brooks
Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other,… — Bertrand Russell
Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints, in… — Graham Greene
Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. — Steve Jobs
The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain. — Michelle Sagara
Neither torch nor dagger," Annabeth said firmly. "There is a third test, which I will pass." "A third test?" the pater demanded. "Mithras was born… — Rick Riordan
I'm already waiting when Puck gets to the top of the cliffs. I'm not the only one; about two dozen race tourists have made perches… — Maggie Stiefvater
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. — Yann Martel
And then they would watch her closely as the dark, coagulated masses took form before her eyes, became flesh and bone, became gradually human. For… — Philip Sington
For a moment, I panic. It's that feeling of falling when you know without question, that you've lost control of your car, or made a… — Markus Zusak
The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire… — Christopher Hitchens
I feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected — Robin Sloan
Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the… — Elizabeth Gaskell
And I identify too closely with my reading, with my writing. — Sylvia Plath
I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing and advising and… — Elizabeth Gaskell
The more grateful you are for everything good that comes into your life, the more closely you place your mind in contact with that power… — Christian D. Larson
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other. — Unknown Author
Are not the thoughts of the dying often turned towards the practical, painful, obscure, visceral aspect, towards the "seamy side" of death which is, as… — Marcel Proust
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence. I have formed during the last few years such… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the… — Albert Einstein

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