“The further from one another, the nearer one can be.”

“Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other. ”

“I nearer than I was yesterday and further than I am today, tomorrow I'll be square one.”

“...and a dream away in space with neither her nor there where all the footsteps ever fell can never fare nearer to anywhere nor from anywhere further away. Nor for in the end again by degrees or as though switched on dark falls there again that certain dark that alone certain ashes can. Through it who knows yet another end beneath a cloudless sky of a last end if ever there had to be another absolutely had to be.”

“Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we're still no nearer to understanding one another.”

“One is always nearer by not keeping still.”