45 Distance Quotes That Keep You Connected When Miles Apart

Distance

What comes to mind when you think of distance? Distance can bring about fear. It could be the distance between where you stand now and your dreams. It could also be the distance between you and someone you love.

When it comes to your dreams, that distance in between should be the motivation why you wake up every day and work towards them. You have to close that distance so as to get to where you want to be. Some days may be harder than others.

You will have times where you want to quit. You will have days where you feel like you cannot do it anymore. But no matter what, remember that quiting is not an option. Keep working towards that goal. Keep taking that next step forward.

As long as you keep walking, the distance will get smaller with every step. You will get closer to your dreams every day as you make small steps towards them. Eventually, you will close the distance and get there.

If you are far away from a loved one, it can be tough. You may be scared of them forgetting about you and replacing you with someone who is closer to them. But they also say that distance makes the heart grow fonder. The distance between the two of you can grow your bond.

They will understand the value of your presence and miss you in your absence. They will learn to appreciate you and the things you do for them more. Distance can strengthen your relationship and make both of you appreciate things you never noticed about each other before.

And sometimes distance is all you need to heal from something that broke you. Here are distance quotes that will help you heal, grow, and give you insight about relationships and life as a whole.

Distance Quotes

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.

Del: You know, Stubville is a litte further than Wichita. Neil: How much further? Del: 30 miles. Maybe 40. No more than 45 though. Depending on which way he goes. If he goes on the back roads it could be anywhere up to 70 miles.

Del: You know, Stubville is a litte further than Wichita.
Neil: How much further?
Del: 30 miles. Maybe 40. No more than 45 though. Depending on which way he goes. If he goes on the back roads it could be anywhere up to 70 miles.

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Kept apart, even though the person they long for is still in this world… And the distance only makes those feelings more intense…

Kept apart, even though the person they long for is still in this world… And the distance only makes those feelings more intense…

Yuki Sohma: Kagura should really tone her affection for Kyo down a little… or a lot. Tohru Honda: Actually, I wonder if she’s already trying to. Think about it: I bet you she wants to see him every single day, but she stays away. Holds back. Somehow, it seems like she’s purposefully trying to distance herself a little. I wonder what the reason could be…

Yuki Sohma: Kagura should really tone her affection for Kyo down a little… or a lot.
Tohru Honda: Actually, I wonder if she’s already trying to.

Thinking about you and how far apart we are, makes my heart skip a beat. How long must I suffer before seeing you again?

Thinking about you and how far apart we are, makes my heart skip a beat. How long must I suffer before seeing you again?

It was sad, it was sad, it was sad. When Betty came back we didn't sing or laugh, or even argue. We sat drinking in the dark, smoking cigarettes, and when we went to sleep, I didn't put my feet on her body or she on mine like we used to. We slept without touching. We had both been robbed.

It was sad, it was sad, it was sad. When Betty came back we didn’t sing or laugh, or even argue. We sat drinking in the dark, smoking cigarettes, and when we went to sleep, I didn’t put my feet on her body or she on mine like we used to. We slept without touching.
We had both been robbed.

Success is not a distant dream, it is a reality for those who sweat to achieve it, enjoy sleepless nights, take calculative steps through the day, and with self introspection keeps it humble with a smile. Then success gets loud with the achiever's mouth shut, while the world celebrates one's victory.

Success is not a distant dream, it is a reality for those who sweat to achieve it, enjoy sleepless nights, take calculative steps through the day, and with self introspection keeps it humble with a smile. Then success gets loud with the achiever’s mouth shut, while the world celebrates one’s victory.

'I walked to Montevallo.' 'Forty miles?!' 'Forty-two,' he corrected me. 'Well. Forty-two there. Forty-two back. Eight-two miles. No. Eight-four. Yes. Eighty-four miles in forty-five hours.' 'What the hell's in Montevallo?' I asked. 'Not much. I just walked till I got too cold, and then I turned around.' 'You didn't sleep?' 'No! The dreams are terrible. In my dreams, she doesn't even look like herself anymore. I don't even remember what she looked like.'

‘I walked to Montevallo.’
‘Forty miles?!’
‘Forty-two,’ he corrected me. ‘Well. Forty-two there. Forty-two back. Eight-two miles. No. Eight-four. Yes. Eighty-four miles in forty-five hours.’
‘What the hell’s in Montevallo?’ I asked.
‘Not much. I just walked till I got too cold, and then I turned around.’
‘You didn’t sleep?’
‘No! The dreams are terrible. In my dreams, she doesn’t even look like herself anymore. I don’t even remember what she looked like.’

Colonel: The bell will ring, everyone will go back to class, and pretty soon I’ll be a distant memory, even to ya’ll. I’ll just be that funny little black dude you knew back in the day, until one day years from now, you’ll just be thinking, “Hey, I wonder what happened to Chip Martin. I wonder what he would have made of himself if he never would have got expelled all those years ago.” Chances are you won’t remember why, nobody will. Alaska: That is not true. We will always be friends. Colonel: No we won’t. We can’t. Starting tomorrow I’ll be the guy who got kicked out of school ‘cause of you and you’ll always feel guilty and I’ll always feel resentful and that’s no recipe for a friendship now is it?

Colonel: The bell will ring, everyone will go back to class, and pretty soon I’ll be a distant memory, even to ya’ll. I’ll just be that funny little black dude you knew back in the day, until one day years from now, you’ll just be thinking, “Hey, I wonder what happened to Chip Martin. I wonder what he would have made of himself if he never would have got expelled all those years ago.” Chances are you won’t remember why, nobody will.
Alaska: That is not true. We will always be friends.
Colonel: No we won’t. We can’t. Starting tomorrow I’ll be the guy who got kicked out of school ‘cause of you and you’ll always feel guilty and I’ll always feel resentful and that’s no recipe for a friendship now is it?

I wondered if there would ever be a day when I didn't think about Alaska, wondered whether I should hope for a time when she would be a distant memory - recalled only on the anniversary of her death, or maybe a couple of weeks after, remembering only after having forgotten.

I wondered if there would ever be a day when I didn’t think about Alaska, wondered whether I should hope for a time when she would be a distant memory – recalled only on the anniversary of her death, or maybe a couple of weeks after, remembering only after having forgotten.

Cultivate the distance. Nurture the silence. Let it grow until your fragile heart is as far and inaccessible as his marbled emotions. Don’t talk. Don’t move. Sit still. If he shows up, lie. Believe your own excuses. And if he tries to charm his way back in, punch him in the face.

Cultivate the distance. Nurture the silence. Let it grow until your fragile heart is as far and inaccessible as his marbled emotions. Don’t talk. Don’t move. Sit still. If he shows up, lie. Believe your own excuses. And if he tries to charm his way back in, punch him in the face.

Michael: Any idea how much longer? Rambo: Yeah, just a few more hours. Michael: Maybe we should give the man his space. We should go over the schedule, okay? Sarah: Okay.

Michael: Any idea how much longer?
Rambo: Yeah, just a few more hours.
Michael: Maybe we should give the man his space. We should go over the schedule, okay?
Sarah: Okay.

Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.

Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.

Murdock: Now if there's any of our men in this POW target camp you confirm their presence by taking photographs. Rambo: Photographs? Murdock: Just photographs. Under no circumstances are you to engage the enemy! Rambo: I'm supposed to leave 'em there? Murdock: I repeat: don't engage the enemy!

Murdock: Now if there’s any of our men in this POW target camp you confirm their presence by taking photographs.
Rambo: Photographs?
Murdock: Just photographs. Under no circumstances are you to engage the enemy!
Rambo: I’m supposed to leave ’em there?
Murdock: I repeat: don’t engage the enemy!

In the distance I see a lighthouse. The light washes over us and continues on its rotation. This time, I don’t know where the light will guide us.

In the distance I see a lighthouse. The light washes over us and continues on its rotation. This time, I don’t know where the light will guide us.

It’s about how you’re like a lighthouse, always searching far into the distance. But the thing you’re looking for is usually close to you and always has been. That’s why you have to look within yourself to find answers instead of searching beyond.

It’s about how you’re like a lighthouse, always searching far into the distance. But the thing you’re looking for is usually close to you and always has been. That’s why you have to look within yourself to find answers instead of searching beyond.

When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep, and you're never really awake. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.

When you have insomnia, you’re never really asleep, and you’re never really awake. With insomnia, nothing’s real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.

Daddy never believed in closure. He said it was a false psychological concept. Something invented by therapists to assuage white Western guilt. In all his years of study and practice, he’d never heard a patient of color talk of needing “closure.” They needed revenge. They needed distance. Forgiveness and a good lawyer maybe, but never closure. He said people mistake suicide, murder, lap band surgery, interracial marriage, and overtipping for closure, when in reality what they’ve achieved is erasure.

Daddy never believed in closure. He said it was a false psychological concept. Something invented by therapists to assuage white Western guilt. In all his years of study and practice, he’d never heard a patient of color talk of needing “closure.” They needed revenge. They needed distance. Forgiveness and a good lawyer maybe, but never closure. He said people mistake suicide, murder, lap band surgery, interracial marriage, and overtipping for closure, when in reality what they’ve achieved is erasure.

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