Quotes of: Distances Keyword

I could see the bay in the distance and where the ship should have been. Instead we found a burnt mast protruding from the waves.

Squanto Undead: Wake the Undead Part 2

Art is what gets us beyond what is real. It makes reality more real. It also shortens the distance we gotta travel to see how connected we are.

Sky Bridge

I know my vision is impaired and cannot be trusted with even the simplest tasks, much less dating. Not that I´ve come within talon distance of a man.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.

Meditations

I'm out, surrounded in dark. But in the distance there is a small glow, a tiny light. Suddenly I'm standing alone, the space starting to brighten as the light grows.

A Need So Beautiful

He mistook my frustration for anger towards him, which seemed to be typical for us lately. The longer the distance between a correct diagnosis, the greater the silence we shared.

Not My Buddy

The phone collapsed distances, just as the radio did, and, like the radio, it relied on the miracle of imagination: one had to concentrate deeply, plunge headlong into it.

Lost City Radio

Britain and America couldn't agree on shoe sizing, dress sizing, weight, distance or temperature measurements, but on the scale of breasts, we were of one voice.

Saving Saffron Sweeting

The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

I did not become a runner to lose weight, I did it to escape my computer

The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances

She listened to silence. Except the birds. The waves. A few voices in the distance. She would not turn to him. He had to come to her. He HAD to come to her.

Pier Lights

We had been separated by time and distance and events so long, it was as if we had to get to know each other again, but if it was possible to fall in love with the same person twice, I did.

Pearl in the Mist

I have women all over the world. In New York, London, Los Angeles. I think what they find most appealing about me is the distance.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

From here to happiness is a road, flat, upright, distances in between blotted out by vision, yet realized by intelligence.

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and respect, but in a way I think it's better to keep a distance. I think you get better pictures of people that you don't kno...

Mary Ellen Mark

The best seat in the house often depends on the ballet. For instance, much of the first act of 'The Nutcracker' is domestic and small scale, so it's great to sit up close. But the second act features elaborate scenery and choreography, which are bett...

Robert Gottlieb

I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward.

Ryan Hall

Angie: "How do I pitch these ideas to her?" Mira: "From a distance, preferably wearing body armor.

The Things We Do for Love

A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses us not by his demonic and romantic vision, but by his patience.

Orhan Pamuk

The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.

Payne Stewart

My silver cord - the link between my body and my spirit - was extremely sensitive. It was what allowed me to sense dreamscapes at a distance. It could also snap me back into my skin.

Samantha Shannon