Distance Quotes

2234 Distance quotes by 1472 unique authors

I looked like a woman in glasses, but I had dreams of leading a very different kind of life, the life of a woman who… — Lydia Davis
But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to trample somewhat on… — Albert Camus
Maybe that's what you got when you stood over your grief, facing it finally. A sense of its depths, its area, the distance across, and… — Sarah Dessen
You can help each other, Max, said the unwelcome voice. You're perfect complements to each other. "Shut up!" I hissed under my breath, and Dylan… — James Patterson
Like all things in the universe, we are destined from birth to diverge. Time is simply the yard-stick of our separation. If we are particles… — Ian Caldwell
I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any… — Jane Austen
Beatrix puts a distance between herself and the rest of the world. She’s very engaging, but also quite private in nature. I see the same… — Lisa Kleypas
It's more impressive," I said out loud. "From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You can't see the… — John Green
Members of your family might say they are working hard all day long, while you are off at school or clarinet lessons, but the only… — Daniel Handler
He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit which led him… — James Joyce
Sam came around the side of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. “Oh my God, what is THAT?” I used my thumb… — Maggie Stiefvater
Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't. — Mignon McLaughlin
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now,… — Michael Shaara
And again there are no words. Words exist that can, used by a poet, achieve a dim monochrome of the body's love, but beyond that… — John Wyndham
BAIT GOAT There is a distance where magnets pull, we feel, having held them back. Likewise there is a distance where words attract. Set one… — Kay Ryan
Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision...… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. — Alice Hoffman
Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even… — David Sedaris
Do I make you nervous, Madame Lambert?” “No. I just prefer to keep my distance.” “Evil isn’t contagious.” “I thought you said you weren’t the… — Anne Stuart
I could not forbear getting up to the top of a little mountain, and looking out to sea, in hopes of seeing a ship :… — Daniel Defoe
No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting .. — Alicia Keys
I could not answer the ceaseless inward question-why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of-I will not say how many years, I see it… — Charlotte Bronte
Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you… — Barbara Mertz
Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You ran to eat… — Christopher McDougall
In the distance, he could see Molly lying in the tall grass off to the side of the house. — Nicholas Sparks

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