“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.”
“I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close.”
“Do you want to know the world? Then look at it closely. Do you want to like it? Then look at it from afar.”
“We got to his place and it looked a lot like his personality. Just a bunch of space filler, nothing to really wow you. It looked like he had bought a lot of stuff from IKEA and then decided to refinish it at home. Everything was neat and tidy, but you wouldn't want any of it for yourself.”
“Can I like you from afar?”
“there's this thing about rainbows. they're perfect from afar. but when you get real close to them, they just disappear.”