Quotes About Distance

And then we were all lifted and hurled away from there, down back the way we had come, around a bend, into a darkway we had never explored, over terrain that was ruined and filled with broken glass and rotting cables and rusted metal and far away further than any of us had ever been

Sometimes I think I've got you like this"—Henry made a fist—"and just when I think I've got you, holding you tight, you go away from me.

the ensuing contest to determine relative distances and respective prowess only made me feel left out again, as I was untalented in this area.

Our gods are remote from us, Jean Louise. They must never descend to human level." "Is

wondered where Dill was. Jean Louise would know, she kept in touch. "Honey, where's Dill?" Jean Louise opened her eyes. "Italy, last time I heard.

In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

Not that we were incompatible: we just had nothing to talk about.

But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else.

I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully monitoring the person's attitude so that they wouldn't get any closer. I didn't easily swallow what other people told me. My only passions were books and music

Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.

You said you're going far away, Tamaru said. How far away are we talking about? It's a distance that can't be measured. Like the distance that separates one person's heart from another's.

From a distance, most things look beautiful.

Life is here, death is over there. I am here, not over there.

My arm was not what she needed, but the arm of someone else. My warmth was not what she needed, but the warmth of someone else.

If you look at things from a distance, most anything looks beautiful.

Lonely metal souls in the unimpeded darkness of space, they meet, pass each other, and part, never to meet again. No words passing between them. No promises to keep.

Tengo could hardly believe it-- that in this frantic, labyrinth-like world, two people's hearts-- a boy's and a girl's-- could be connected, unchanged, even though they hadn't seen each other for twenty years.

We're on the same wavelength. We're connected that way, even if I'm away from her.

No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything.

The things we try our hardest not to lose, we really just put deep abysses in the spaces between them.

Alienation and loneliness became a cable that stretched hundreds of miles long, pulled to the breaking point by a gigantic winch. And through that taut line, day and night, he received indecipherable messages.

Not that running away's going to solve everything. I don't want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn't count on escaping this place if I were you. No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything.

And most likely, that was the future in a nutshell, Sumire growing ever more distant. It made me sad. I felt like I was a meaningless bug clinging for no special reason to a high stone wall on a windy night, with no plans, no beliefs. Sumire said she missed me. But she had Miu beside her. I had no one. all I had was-me. Same as always.

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