Cities Quote by Jane Jacobs

“That was the irony of travel. The bigger the distance between you and the familiar grew, the smaller and safer and friendlier the world…

— Kim Dinan

“The far and the near must be relative, and depend on many varying circumstances.”

— Jane Austen

“Proximity and closeness are not the same.”

— Thi Bui

“Distance can create longing. It can open up the gap into which all must fall.”

— Hari Kunzru

“When you're different, on the down side, you learn to live from one scarce rich moment to the next, no matter the distance between.”

— Chris Crutcher

“Small experiences, the smallest, can make a difference in a person's life. Once they've had that experience, they're changed forever.”

— Kage Alan

“When you are small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.”

— Amanda Eyre Ward

“After so many years, we kept our nearness, by paying with our distance.”

— Mladen Đorđević

“Distance brings sweetness. Absence tames what is near.”

— Christian Bobin

“The shortest distance between two places is the one that gets you there.”

— Suzanne Cowles

“Indeed, I find that distance lends perspective and I often write better of a place when I am some distance from it. One can…

— Louis L'Amour

“Small is big for the smaller!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan