of Distance
Source: Webster's dictionaryPerception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things. Miyamoto Musashi
We meet fellow humans throughout our travels, Become close - friends, dates, lovers. Always we are distanced again from death, geography, or meeting others, Only dialtone on the phone, cold and empty beneath the covers. Patri Friedman
I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family. Jennifer Ehle
If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim from Kurt Vonnegut, and my distanced fracture quality is all from Amy Hempel, who's probably my favourite writer. Chuck Palahniuk
The reified focus on the moment of literary production, in a distanced context-the typical topic of periodization-suppresses the experience of reception, the actualization of the past in the reader's present. Russell Berman
The nature of men's responsibilities distanced men from feelings, whereas the nature of women's responsibilities encouraged the expression of feelings. Warren Farrell