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Quotes About Distance

God is only as far as we imagine Him to be. It's our fleshly desire not to run to Him that is ultimately our downfall.
~ Alan de Jager
With each day that our huge ship was on the ocean, my sense of being further and further away from my loved ones, my home, and my environment grew stronger.
~ Tilly Dunn, Exit Stage Left
One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.
~ Wendell Pierce
Back, back, back, back. Gone.
~ Chris Berman
But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me.
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.
~ Tom Waits
There is no mile as long the final one that leads back home.
~ Katherine Marsh
The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home.
~ Charles Studd
The light that shines the farthest will shine the brightest at home.
~ Oswald J. Smith
In terms of distance, the prodigal's pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father's house.
~ Os Guinness
God is at home. We are in the far country.
~ Meister Eckhart
The way back is always shorter.
~ Maya Deren
It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.
~ Ambeth R. Ocampo
I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity.
~ Franz Kafka
There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The premises are so delightfully extensive, that two people might live together without ever seeing, hearing or meeting.
~ Lord Byron
Some people are born very far from home.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
How could I go on my travels without that sweet soul waiting at home for my letters?
~ Caryl Churchill
I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me.
~ Amy Winehouse
I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.
~ Bill Klem
I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.
~ Rachel Hurd-Wood
I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.
~ Emily Mortimer
Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.
~ Nelson DeMille
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.
~ Amanda Lindhout