Quote by Jennifer E. Smith

“How was it possible to miss someone when they were standing right next to you?”

— Samantha Young

“So, it’s another day.               in this place-                             close enough to walk to far enough away               for not knowing                             anyone.”

— Kenyatta García

“How you can already miss someone when you are in the same room with them, I have no idea. But I do.”

— Karen Harrington

“There’s something about distance, being removed from what’s familiar, that lets things happen.”

— Nina LaCour

“I had to be alone to know we were so close.”

— Dakota Lane

“I didn't think, then, that we could ever be closer. I'm not sure anyone can. I'm not sure there is a place closer to…

— Liam Callanan

“...it was enough that I knew I was not alone, that, at the very least, standing here beside me was this one person, who,…

— Vaddey Ratner

“How can we know anyone, even those people closest to us — especially those closest to us?”

— P.T. Mayes

“There was enough space out here that it was easy to lose sight of each other.”

— Jennifer E. Smith

“Where were you all this time? she said. Where have you been? I guess far away. Yes you were. Too far away. They sat…

— Susan Minot

“YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT DISTANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE. TOO CLOSE, AND THEY OVERWHELM YOU, TOO FAR AND THEY ABANDON YOU.”

— Hanif Kureishi

“With you there are only two distances that matter:  Here. Not here. You are not here.”

— Penny Reid