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Quotes About Close

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.
~ Ronald Reagan
Oscar and I are very close, and yet I know that part of him is still withdrawn, even from me. As though part of him was still in another place. Another country. Journeying, perhaps. Or in exile. Across the sea. And I can't be with him, because I haven't got the right sort of passport.
~ Rosamunde Pilcher
The mental and emotional torment of the old cycle of anxiety - unable to bear being alone, wanting someone always near but growing anxious when someone does get close, fearing that if they get any closer there's no telling what might happen, until the fear itself becomes unbearable and solitude seems the only solution..
~ Ry? Murakami
It is You Jesus, stretched out on the cross, who gives me strength and are always close to the suffering soul. Creatures will abandon a person in his suffering, but You, O Lord, are faithful.
~ Mary Faustina Kowalska
Many of us spend our lives searching for success when it is usually so close that we can reach out and touch it.
~ Russell Conwell
Each close you use should be an educational process by which you are able to raise the value in the prospect's mind.
~ Zig Ziglar
Then I saw her smile so close to my eye that there was nothing to see but the smile and the thought came into my head that I'd never been inside a smile before. Who'd have thought being inside a smile would be so ancient and so modern both at once
~ Ali Smith
Who could blame the citizens of Massachusetts for rejoicing when spring is so close at hand? Winter in New England is merciless and cruel, a season that instills a particular melancholy in its residents and a hopelessness that is all but impossible to shake.
~ Alice Hoffman
There are secrets that must be held close, and most of these have to do with the wounding of the human heart, for sorrow spoken aloud is sorrow lived through twice.
~ Alice Hoffman
When the music stopped, it could have been forever since we'd begun. My grandfather took a step back, and the light grew yellow at his back. 'I'm going,' he said. 'Where?' I asked. 'Don't worry, sweetheart. You're so close.' He turned and walked away, disappearing rapidly into spots and dust. Infinity.
~ Alice Sebold
The past is always close, so close you can sing along with it, anytime you like.
~ Joe Hill
She said, "I love you, Con," because whatever Jakob believed about those three words, they still mattered to Harper. They were as close to an incantation as any she knew, had power other words lacked. "I'll
~ Joe Hill
A birthday:-and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife- A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day of human life.
~ Jean Ingelow
Basically, it was like going to the dentist. Something unpleasant was happening around my mouth, someone else's face was too close to mine, and the best thing to do was to shut my eyes, breathe through my nose and think about something else.
~ E. Lockhart
Stars which are unusually bold and close, with an icy glitter in their light—glints of blue, emerald, gold.
~ Edward Abbey
Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.
~ Edward Bond
I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
~ Anonymous
granite headland, drawing ever closer, looks like an unholy tooth, something black and dangerous
~ Anthony Doerr
I hear the Sophie Giraffe is great for teething. Another thing I really love right now is the Moby Baby Carrier. To me, it seems like a natural way to hold the baby close to you. I also love the burp cloths, bibs, and swaddle blankets from Aden and Anais. Their stuff is organic and pure.
~ Vanessa Lachey
Until I was pursuing my collegiate education, I was in Madurai with my parents. Bengaluru was the first place where I was independent. So, the city is very close to my heart.
~ Karthik Subbaraj
I love 'The Office' format so much that I wanted to close it out.
~ Greg Daniels
I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive... I have fourteen classmates.
~ Lupita Nyong'o
I didn't know I was going to be really close with LeBron. I knew that we were going to be team-mates but I didn't know that we were going to be this close. We have a really good friendship.
~ Cedi Osman
It still feels like I am just playing with my mates a lot of the time. A lot of us in the England team have grown up playing cricket together and formed very close friendships, which makes the dressing room a very enjoyable place to be.
~ Jos Buttler