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Distance Quotes

"To gain height, lose all your tall friends."

"To gain height, lose all your tall friends."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Distance, Friendship, Truth, Life, Wisdom

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"We did not touch each other. We were both leaning over the abyss."

"We did not touch each other. We were both leaning over the abyss."

Anais Nin, American Author

Distance, Connection, Emotion, Desire

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"Distance may be the segregator but our thoughts and dreams are what keep us together."

"Distance may be the segregator but our thoughts and dreams are what keep us together."

Truth Devour, Australian Author

Distance, Love, Connection, Dream

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"Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other."

"Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Distance, Separation, Love, Emotion

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"The closer he was the less confident I was."

"The closer he was the less confident I was."

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Distance, Doubt, Insecurity, Emotion

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"I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us."

"I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us."

Benjamin Alire Saenz, American Poet

Distance, Relationship, Isolation, Love

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"It felt now as if I'd never known them and I couldn't know them again. It seemed to me that whatever had existed back in the place where I'd grown up was so far away now, impossible to retrieve."

"It felt now as if I'd never known them and I couldn't know them again. It seemed to me that whatever had existed back in the place where I'd grown up was so far away now, impossible to retrieve."

Cheryl Strayed, American Writer

Distance, Loss, Identity, Memory

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