Quotes About Proximity

The women looked pretty, except when you got near them

the house which Dracula had bought was the very next one to my own.

Because the floor numbers were listed next to the names and phone extensions of committee personnel, it was possible to calculate roughly who worked in proximity to whom. And by transposing telephone extensions from the roster and listing them in sequence, it was even possible to determine who worked for whom.

Legs were suddenly all about them.

Well, I know, after all, it is only juxtaposition, Juxtaposition, in short; and what is juxtaposition?

I think I only went to college because it was close to the karate school.

I was never late to a show more often than 'La Cage.' Because I lived close, and I didn't really do anything in that show.

Almost only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes.

I inhaled his scent. He was near, a few feet away. Lust nearly buckled my knees. He was a tireless lover. There was nothing off-limits with him.

In 1900, around 10 percent of people worldwide lived in cities; by 2050 around 70 percent of us will. Couple this proximity of city dwellers with worldwide communications transmitting news and views, data and ads, and what emerges is a dynamic global network of networks of human beings.

Congregational singing requires proximity. "If I am more than three feet away from you, I don't sing, because you might hear me. If I am less than three feet away, I do sing, because I can hear you.

get just as nigh the water as they possibly

Both men accepted that the nature of the request, its intimacy and self-conscious reflection on their friendship, had created, for the moment, an uncomfortable emotional proximity which was best dealt with by their parting without another word.

When you walk a dog on a short leash, she's close enough to bite you.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

So many things that I was excited about as a kid were about proximity. The idea that somebody could grow up in rural Iowa and be into break dancing because of YouTube - that was a really simple, profound idea.

The most climate friendly trip we are ever going to take is the trip we never had to take because we were close to what we wanted.

I find it very annoying when people want to sit next to each other at a booth.

Most important thing to know about space-sickness bags? Keep them within reach at all times.)

Lucius recalled an ancient Etruscan proverb: "Sit too near the flame and your cloak will catch fire.

If Finnigin was to be Casmeer's peaks, then Ays would be his hollows, and for all Ays' distance, it was easier to be with him than with the flickering presence of the terranaut.

The spirits could smell Shemyaza's proximity. They were wild with desire for him, as she was.

Shan had lived here, in close proximity to Taropat every day. Tayven felt a barb in his heart. Jealousy.

He burned with the proximity of her body. She smelled of soap and floral scent.