
Holding on for dear life, I was overcome with the perfect
nearness of him, the ache of human solitude nearly conquered. —
Jennifer DeLucy

Lay claim to the
nearness of God. "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" (Heb. 13.5 NIV). —
Max Lucado

Our
nearness to the king in love is
nearness to those who love not the king. —
William Shakespeare

His
nearness made my senses spin —
Julie Kagawa

They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant
nearness of savage nature. —
Camille Paglia

What we notice in stories is the
nearness of the wound to the gift. —
Jeanette Winterson
Nearness to nature ... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers. —
Charles Eastman

Besides, our
nearness to the King in love
Is near the hate of those love not the King. —
William Shakespeare

There is lucidity inspired by the
nearness of the grave:to be close to death is to see clearly —
Victor Hugo

Physical
nearness does not necessarily breed intimacy. —
Cristina Henriquez

A cat can make you feel well rested when you're tired or turn a rage into a calm just by sitting on your lap. His very
nearness is a healing song. —
Shannon Hale

A door in my chest opens with an unfamiliar happiness. In my arms, there is an echo of his
nearness, what it felt like to hold him. —
Anna Smaill

Safety comes in our
nearness to God, not in our distance from our enemies. —
Dillon Burroughs

Sometimes the greatest moment of your life present itself in the form if a
nearness to someone you love. —
Ika Natassa

Their hands, swinging, touched lightly now and then; their
nearness was as natural as the June day. —
Elizabeth Bowen

Not realizing that I craved his warmth, his
nearness, until he was gone. —
Sarah J. Maas

We live in such constant
nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into. —
John Jeremiah Sullivan

Nothing brings home closer than going home... —
Will Advise

The further from one another, the nearer one can be. —
August Strindberg

I shall live here in the rains,
There in winter,
Elsewhere in summer, muses the fool,
Not aware of the
nearness of death. —
Gautama Buddha

The Holy One's
nearness, the readiness to name the Holy One as God, and the recognition of God as Father. —
James Carroll

This is what we bear, I thought, the
nearness of other lives. —
Jesse Ball

The night smelled like blackberry leaves and the ocean's
nearness, something sweet and deep and full. —
Deb Caletti

The
nearness of him crushed her, like being held by the sun. —
Catherynne M Valente

the distance fills and
nearness is a void —
Donald Revell

There's a kind of unfamiliar electricity that goes through her at the
nearness of him, and she can't help wondering if he feels it, too. —
Jennifer E. Smith