Quotes About Distance

The first thing every neophyte must understand is that God, whatever he is, has nothing in common with humankind, and that he remains so far away as to be completely inaccessible to the human senses. The same is true of his intentions. At no point will people ever learn what he is up to.

Within two years they'd realized that Sweden was too close, that the Baltic Sea brought in certain fluids, nostalgias, miasmas, a kind of unpleasant air.

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,My heart untravel'd fondly turns to thee;Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain,And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

Now, Sir, for my own part, as I naturally hate the face of a tyrant, the farther off he is removed from me, the better pleased am I. The generality of mankind also are of my way of thinking, and have unanimously created one king, whose election at once diminishes the number of tyrants, and puts tyranny at the greatest distance from the greatest number of people.

In June the earth is 184 million miles away from where it was in December: how

unless they are at a practically infinite distance. That is the only answer that can be given. It was the tentative answer given by Copernicus. It is the correct answer. Not only from every position of the earth, but from every planet of the solar system, the same constellations are visible, and the stars have the same aspect. The

He had only to arrive to take a step away from her.

La difficoltà, in fotografia, è di prendere le distanze dal proprio lavoro, giudicandolo freddamente, facendo a meno del vissuto e dell'emozione che ci uniscono all'immagine.

Prendere le distanze dal proprio lavoro, sia nello scatto che durante la selezione, è un imperativo, seppur inumano!

Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!

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.

En verdad que entre la Inocencia y el Mal no hay mayor separación que el grosor de una hoja de papel.

From here it's hundreds of miles to home

But those people who live life with a practical heart in actuality make us feel quite sad. I do not dislike my brother in any way, but I do not feel the kind of intimacy that would make me want to share everything that I feel with him. I feel the same way towards my father.

Acquaintances are not always friends

I envy most my cat. Of all my friends she is the wisest. She is sixty miles away from where I sit here writing. Yet I know well how it is with her. That little half-hour of sun has found her stretched out upon a wicker-work seat under the old vine that is southward of my house. Her fur was warm in it and keeps yet the warmth. She is content.

A short absence is safest

A short absence is the safest.

my feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping but I shall go on living.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Simon and I are like young children I have seen in the park sitting beside each other in the sandbox but playing alone, not interacting. Two people living separate lives in the same space.

What's different about you? Why does it make you a pussy if you get help, but not the rest of the team? Oh, I get it. You're the Cobra. You get within striking distance of the enemy, and it's over. But if it all goes sideways and the wrong men die, you don't need help like the rest of us mere mortals.