#closeness

Maybe I’m just farsighted. The further away something is, the better I can see it but once it gets close, I lose sight of it. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#farsighted #love #love

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#brought #closeness #grievous #him #hope

People can misconstrue closeness for love. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#love #people

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness. ↗

— Neil Kurshan

#children #closeness #creates #family #forth

they do not kiss but they both want to instead their feet touch and so do their arms it is electric magic their tiny arm hairs tingling happily lying together the sun warming them watching sky through green-leafed gum branch close enough to hear each other breathe sweet togetherness this lazy lying down dance of love ↗

— Brigid Lowry

#closeness #love #lying-down #rosie #together

It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor's tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#humanity #humor #nature #humor

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#family #love #family

Sometimes the thing that brings us together also pulls us apart. Sort of like a zipper.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cohesive #proximity #pull #together #unity