“Everything seems simpler from a distance.”
“Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.”
“From this distance everything is so bloody perfect.”
“In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.”
“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
“You could see him coming from a distance, appearing out of nowhere like an angel, his silhouette seeming to rise from the ground in the simmering heat . . .”