Closer Quotes

1725 Closer quotes by 1296 unique authors

Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from… — Helen Fisher
Once someone dreams a dream, it can't just drop out of existence. But if the dreamer can't remember it, what becomes of it? It lives… — Michael Ende
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine — Emily Saliers
For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give… — Gregory Maguire
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth — Pema Chodron
Kumiko and I felt something for each other from the beginning. It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people… — Haruki Murakami
Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please? — Chuck Palahniuk
Freud made the discovery- quite genuinely, simply through working on his own material- that the more deeply one explores the phenomena of human individuation, the… — Theodor Adorno
I marmaladed a slice of toast with something of a flourish and I don't suppose I have ever come much closer to saying 'Tra la… — P.G. Wodehouse
I felt instantly at home, and wanted only to dismiss Alistair, along with the rest of Justice Hall, that I might have a closer look… — Laurie R. King
The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer. — Steve Aylett
It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious completely unrelated to the rest… — Anne Fadiman
That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place… — J.R.R. Tolkien
its no surprise to me that anyone hardly tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep to themselves for good reason. Why… — Henry Rollins
...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us… — Louisa May Alcott
The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Keep your friends close — and your rivals even closer. — Nelson Mandela
I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the… — Ernest Hemingway
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become… — Og Mandino
Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God. — Ram Dass
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is. — Jack Kerouac
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. — Richard Dawkins
It was as if they had leapt over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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