Quotes About Distance

Love sends a man half way around the world ... Just for the hope of catching it.

Friendly, yes. Friend, never.

Time is nothing more than the longest distance between two places." I said, "Tennessee Williams.

Above all, we cannot and should not try to distance ourselves from any of these inquisitions by reassuring ourselves that no abuse of 'moral justice' could occur in the American democracy.

Andrew [Haswell Green]...thought of his impending travel on the brig. Of Samuel Tilden. Of why the friendship had vanished, the errors he must have made, too many signs of affection, or of desperation, neediness, the most appalling of all impressions to make on a fellow man. His only available course now was to put distance between his failures and his future, tighten the stranglehold on his feelings, and harden his heart protectively against the pain of further great mistakes.

Life is truly weird...And it's not getting any less weird the farther I get from home.

Distance is a liar. Perspective, on the other hand, is a brutally honest motherfucker. - Joe Ledger, "Hot Time in the Old Town

Normal is like the horizon. The closer you get to it, the further away you are.

Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

the earth, while someone passed a few feet beyond the fence.

Charming as she was, it never pays a Djin to get close to people. Never. Take it from one who knows.

If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.

I haven't seen her in a while, haven't returned her calls or stopped thinking about her.

And no matter which way you turn your desperate gaze, there's absolutely no land in sight, which is strange, because you didn't think you'd gone out that far to begin with.

Ha voglia di telefonare a Tanja, a Madrid, dove lei vive con il suo marchese spagnolo. Eduard ha il numero nell'agenda, ogni tanto si sentono, ma che cosa potrebbe dirle? "Sono qui sotto. Sono venuto a prenderti. Aprimi"? Questo dovrebbe dire, ma è troppo tardi, tutto il resto è un balbettio sentimentale.

Painful though parting be, I bow to you as I see you off to distant clouds.

Far down the corridor a slim figure in white approaches, dwarfed by the smoky distance; her nun-like cap floating, her scarlet cape, the "cape of pride," slipped round her narrow shoulders. How intent and silent They are! I watched this one pass with a look half reverence, half envy. One should never aspire to know a Sister intimately. They are disappointing people; without candour, without imagination. Yet what a look of personality hangs about them....

No hay distancia más grande que el espacio entre dos mentes.

Long, long journey through the darkness Long, long way to go But what are miles across the ocean To the heart that's coming home?

If you were me, then I'd be you, and if I were you, then I'd hide somewhere far away.

All I've got against it is that it takes you so far from the clubhouse.

When you actually see the suffering, you must lament. And what have we seen in our cities? Many of us have made the choice to get as far from the inner city as possible—to remove ourselves from the pain and suffering.

You are amazing. You are a shooting star. I will follow you forever no distance is too far. Never take for granted your abilty to fly. At times stop and rest, but quickly get back up before your dreams pass you by.