Quotes About Distance

To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love.

Distance is the soul of the beautiful.

There are two forms of friendship: meeting and separation. They are indissoluble. Both of them contain some good, and this good of friendship is unique, for when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation. As both forms contain the same good thing, they are both equally good.

Friendship is a miracle by which a person consents to view from a certain distance, and without coming any nearer, the very being who is necessary to him as food. It requires the strength of soul that Eve did not have; and yet she had no need of the fruit. If she had been hungry at the moment she looked at the fruit, and if in spite of that she had remained looking at it indefinitely without taking one step toward it, she would have performed a miracle analogous to that of perfect friendship.

God] created beings capable of love from all possible distances. Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this supreme tearing apart, this agony beyond all others, this marvel of love, is the crucifixion. Nothing can be further from God than that which has been made accursed.

Let us love this distance which is thoroughly woven with friendship, since those who do not love each other are not separated

Sólo pueden amarse quienes aceptan su posible distanciamiento, el espacio entre dos seres independientes que asumen sus propias soledades y que se acompañan mutuamente. Es la grieta entre dos soledades la que permite el acercamiento.

Soon there will be distance between us. Let us love this distance that is wholly woven of friendship, for those who do not love each other cannot be separated.

In matrimonial geography the distance between the first mute recognition of a break and the admission thereof is as great as the distance between the first naive faith and the first doubting.

Thule was sighted, but only from afar.

But... we'll always have Paris. I pause, thinking this through. At least, you'll have it. And you can tell me about it.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

O Lord, I am further away from me than from You!

two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Mountains in the distance remind me of you.

Everything looks uglier close up.

You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far.

Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.

If we don't cherish those who stay near, what do we have? Only longing.

The longer you remain distant, the deeper, wider, and darker the chasm becomes making it all the more difficult to bridge.

It's one thing when you lose a friend or when your friends become enemies, but it's the worst when friends become strangers,

He onward came; far off his coming shone.

There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.