"I look to the right as I cross the bridge and smile to see the tip of the Eiffel Tower soaring over rooftops in the distance on the other side of the river. I've seen it in photographs a thousand times, but seeing it in person for the first time that reminds me that I'm really, truly here, thousands of miles away, across an ocean from home."

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Source : Kristin Harmel (2012). “The Sweetness of Forgetting”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

Kristin Harmel

#Distance Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Home Quotes

“We are like lutes once held by God. Being away from his warm body fully explains this constant yearning.”
“Carlyle uttered a pregnant truth when he said that the history of any country is in the biographies of the men who made it.”

Source : ANDREW DICKSON WHITE (1910). “SEVEN GREAT STATESMEN IN THE WARFARE OF HUMANITY WITH UNREASON”
“When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.”
“Once you find the truth, no one can hurt you. You can let them off the hook. That is hard! Until then, keep distance, preserve the peace. Eventually itâ€™s like you werenâ€™t hurt.”
“How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.”
“I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.”
“I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.”
“No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.”

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