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Closeness Quotes

Reflections on what draws people close together.

These closeness quotes describe family bonds strengthened by shared hardship, from facing illness together to gaining perspective from a demanding shared career. See our Bond quotes.

One of the most beautiful experiences our family shared was feeling the love and bond that came to life when my mother was battling her ovarian cancer. In a way, it brought our family together and opened up relationships and...

Quotes by Yael Cohen

Having parents that have been through the wars of films and having a brother and sister who have done it at the highest level, you gain an appreciation. But we've always had closeness as a family. That's our anchor.

Quotes by Wyatt Russell

On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with...

Quotes by Vicente Fox

I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more...

Quotes by Sonny Rollins

Bond Quotes

I think closeness to death would be pretty exhilarating in a way, and friendship, yeh, and selflessness, a kind of selflessness, a sense of your own worthlessness, I think, is pretty exhilarating.

Quotes by Sebastian Faulks

I don't mind being called Maddy at all, but I mind the closeness that you assume you get by calling me by my pet name. So merely by calling me Maddy, I don't give you the authority to come and...

Quotes by R. Madhavan

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.

Quotes by Norman McLaren

I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who gave me so much confidence.

Quotes by Miriam Margolyes

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a godly person. Yet when I look at the yesterdays of my life, what I see, mostly, is a broken, irregular path littered with mistakes and failure. I...

Quotes by Mike Yaconelli

Friendship Quotes

Their families helped them realize that there was more out there for them. These students came to Delaware State because of its inexpensive tuition, closeness to home, and solid reputation.

Quotes by Michael N. Castle

Marx and Engels are arguably history's most famous couple. Such was the closeness of their collaboration that it is not always easy to recall which works bore both names, which just that of Marx, and which just Engels.

Quotes by Martin Jacques

It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.

Quotes by Kristin Armstrong

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless, inconsistent place.

Quotes by Koren Zailckas

I wanted Jesus in 'A.D.' to be very, very, very human - to have those qualities of vulnerability and doubt and pain and sadness and loneliness. Once the resurrection happens and we see that Jesus has risen, it's almost complete,...

Quotes by Juan Pablo Di Pace

Love Quotes

The redwood is the glory of the Coast Range. It extends along the western slope, in a nearly continuous belt about ten miles wide, from beyond the Oregon boundary to the south of Santa Cruz, a distance of nearly four...

Quotes by John Muir

On 'This Is England,' everyone is mates. The nice thing is that when you watch us, you're watching a gang. They're young, and they're adventurous. There's a real closeness there.

Quotes by Joe Gilgun

A company's ethical behavior is ultimately triggered by some sense of caring. And care is a sense of closeness to someone or something. A company must bring value to whom or what it is close to.

Quotes by Jens Martin Skibsted

When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes.

Quotes by J Balvin

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.

Quotes by Henri Nouwen

Togetherness Quotes

Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear.

Quotes by Henri Nouwen

Frequently Asked Questions

What brings people closer together in these quotes?
Shared hardship mostly — facing a parent's illness together, or gaining appreciation for family after years in a demanding shared profession.
Is closeness only described within families here?
Not only — one quote compares the closeness between nations, describing citizens' warmth even amid political disagreement elsewhere.
Does this topic connect closeness to creative work?
Yes, one reflection compares a filmmaker's closeness to their work to the intimacy an artist shares with the canvas they're painting.
Is closeness always framed as easy to build?
No, several quotes suggest it grows specifically through difficulty, like illness or years of shared professional struggle.
How does this topic relate to Bond quotes?
Both explore what draws people together emotionally, so our Bond quotes are a natural companion here.

One reflection extends the idea further, comparing an artist's closeness to their own work to the closeness found between people. Explore our Love or Togetherness quotes.