Distance isn't merely a measurement in meters or kilometers; it's a feeling, a barrier, or even a bridge. It's the void between places, between hearts, between a past that won't return and a future yet to arrive. Sometimes it's necessary to maintain perspective, and other times it's a wound that won't heal, leaving within us a painful void of longing and nostalgia that defies all logic, as beautifully captured in these reflective quotes.
āSeparated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children.ā
āHad I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.ā
āThere are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the second, the manner in which colors change the farther away they are from the eye; the third defines how objects ought to be finished less carefully the farther away they are.ā
