Distant Quotes

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Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced… — Miyamoto Musashi
Often a star was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you out of the distant path, or as you walked under… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Yes." His gaze grew distant. "If I'd have the chance, if my position permitted, I would have pleaded with her not to accept the mission… — Kristen Britain
Over time, the ghosts of things that happened start to turn distant; once they've cut you a couple of million times, their edges blunt on… — Tana French
Some memories remain close; you can shut your eyes and find yourself back in them. But there are second-person memories, too, distant you memories, and… — Jess Walter
Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe. — Clifford D. Simak
I cannot prove that gods do not exist. Nor can I prove that the world and everything in it was not created by an entity… — Christopher Paolini
Lilith: Oh, but your heart grows cold. A north wind blows and carries down the distant... Rose? The Doctor: Oooh, big mistake! Because that name… — Gareth Roberts
And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and… — Nicholas Sparks
Briefly, the nymphaeum glowed with a softer light, like a full moon. Piper smelled exotic spices and blooming roses. She heard distant music and happy… — Rick Riordan
Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things will not recur,… — Kristen Britain
I got the feeling Poseidon really didn't know what to think of me. He didn't know whether he was happy to have me as a… — Rick Riordan
Longing is the agony of the nearness of the distant. — Martin Heidegger
We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage… — Carl Sagan
He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. If he were a… — James Joyce
Is it needy? It's not. We don't need each other. We just really, really enjoy each other. And we're good together. We're good people together.… — Emma Forrest
Legends that endure in the future...were events that took place in the distant past. — Eiichiro Oda
What is illusion? M.: To whom is the illusion? Find it out. Then illusion will vanish. Generally people want to know about illusion and do… — Ramana Maharshi
Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant. — David Levithan
...the past: It drifts, it gathers. If you are not careful, it will bury you. This is half the reason for the cure: It clean-sweeps;… — Lauren Oliver

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