My death is very near to me, and of this I am glad, for I desire to pursue the quest in other realms, as it has been promised to me that I shall do. H. Rider Haggard
I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success. Robert Falcon Scott
We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer. Robert Falcon Scott
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life. Erno Rubik
She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, dark hair, the way he sat and moved and wore his clothes-she was conscious that even these trivial things were inwoven with her deepest life. Edith Wharton
I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort. Don Young