“I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close.”
“she is admired from afar. These admirers court her in secret, in the safety of their dreams.”
“Vlad decided that teachers' ideas were a lot like bunches of garlic-intriguing from afar, but up close sadly sickening and, if you weren't careful, DEADLY.”
“Do you want to know the world? Then look at it closely. Do you want to like it? Then look at it from afar.”
“Can I like you from afar?”
“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.”