“For a time, I was all you had. And for a time, you was all I had.”— Allan Scott, Jolene, Moses Ingram, imdb.com
“I'm Irish. I think about death all the time. Back in the days when I thought of myself as a serious academic writer, I used to think that the only real theme was a fear of death, and that all the other themes were just that same fear, translated into fear of closeness, fear of loneliness, fear of di…”— Jack Nicholson, rogerebert.com
“Closeness is more than the name of a specific virtue; it is an attitude that engages the whole person, our way of relating, our way of being attentive both to ourselves and to others.”— Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va
“nightshirt, n.: I am comfortable enough with you to wear my most comfortable clothes in your presence.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“‘What kind of love are you talking about?’‘The kind of love that owns you. The kind where you know the other person inside and out. Where you can go through hell and back and still make it out ok.’”— Jessica Sorensen, amazon.com
“It’s hard to know everything about people close to you, even the people you love the most.”— Kiera Cass, amazon.com
“We’ve known each other forever,’ she said. ‘I can hardly remember not knowing you. It’s hard to remember the days before you. I don’t even know if there were any.’”— David Guterson, amazon.com
“You know, sometimes when you’re too close to someone, it’s hard to see who they really are.”— Kirsten Miller, amazon.com
“The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.”— Jules Verne, amazon.com
“But she might hold him. That was all that mattered now. To hold him. To hold him. Not to let him go. Make him stay.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“You know, sometimes when you’re too close to someone, it’s hard to see who they really are.”— Kirsten Miller, amazon.com
“It’s strange, isn’t it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it makes things decided. We like the thought of being held, until it’s too tight. We like that certainty, until it means there’s no way out. And we like being his, until we realize we’re no…”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“You loved me the other day. You wanted me to sit beside you in the dark. Didn’t I feel it- didn’t I know? There’s something between us- a sort of pull. Something you always do to me and I to you.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“I always fear letting someone that close to me. Close enough that they become a routine.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“The two of you just seem to be drawn to each other. Whether its a night out, or just in a group of friends, you always end up beside each other. Even if its just chatting or majorly flirting, you just can't keep away from each other!”— Stephen Brennan, collegetimes.com
“Where sexual tension exists, it’s like watching a pair of magnets: the offending couple just can’t keep away from each other. Even if they’re otherwise occupied, the space between them just somehow seems to slip away”— David Cullen, lovepanky.com
“You don’t feel close to him anymore. At one point in time you two were inseparable. You loved being around him and how he made you feel. You felt connected on a variety of levels. But now you feel the complete opposite of how you used to. You don’t feel as loved or cared about and he doesn’t make an…”— Ashley Page, madamenoire.com
“When you’re at a party or a bar together do you literally cling to his arm the entire time?”— Megan Bostic, thoughtcatalog.com