“Any strategy that involves crossing a valley accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.” WorldDoneBigsStuffTermLossAcceptingHigherDemandGainsStrategyDistanceCelebrateHillsValleysTolerateShort TermCrossingsHaltStagnationBig Stuff Author:Neal Stephenson
“Distance is a good teacher. You only fully understand that which you have lost.” LostLossTeacherDistanceGood Teacher Author:Goliarda Sapienza
“[The loss-of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.” HomeMovingPoliticalLossMilitaryDegreesDistanceUnitsDiminishPolitical PowerHome Base Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“Distance sometimes endears friendships, and sweetens it - for separation from those we love shows us, by the loss, their real value and dearness to us.” RealSometimesShowsValuesLossDistanceSeparationThose We LoveReal Value Author:James Howell
“I hear a thunder in the distance; see a vision of the cross. I feel the pain that was given on a sad day of loss. Only He holds the key: a light to free me from my burden and grant me life eternally.” FeelsLightPainGivenLossVisionKeysCrossesDistanceBurdenGrantsThunderSad Day Book:Sinner's Creed Source: Sinner's Creed
“The future is flying home. That's the immediate future. But long-distance future, I plan on being back. I'm not going to end my time here with that loss.” LongEndsHomeLossPlansDistanceFlyingMy TimeLong Distance Author:Pete Sampras
“In the United States, cheap fossil fuel has eroded communities. We're the first people with no real practical need for each other. Everything comes from a great distance through anonymous and invisible transactions. We've taken that to be a virtue, but it's as much a curse. Americans are not very satisfied with their lives, and the loss of community is part of that.” PeopleNeedsFirstsRealStatesCommunityLossUnitedUnited StatesVirtueTakenDistancePracticalsInvisibleSatisfiedCurseFuelFossilsFossil FuelTransactions Author:Bill McKibben
“I think of depression as the mechanism that pushes down the pain of that loss. It tries to distance us from the loss but it lowers our whole energy level. I think that's a pervasive way we end up responding to loss or the anticipation of loss. Natural but not necessary.” ThinkingWayTryingEndsWholePainEnergyNaturalLossLevelsDistanceMechanismAnticipationRespondingEnergy Levels Author:Tara Brach
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” HardMemoriesLossRelationshipLuckyLosingDistanceMeaningfulGrievingGoodbyeBereavementMemorialSaying GoodbyeByeGood ByeLong DistanceDistance RelationshipLong Distance RelationshipSaying Good ByeWinni The PoohPigletLong Distance LoveGoodbye FarewellMost MeaningfulLong Distance RelationSaying FarewellGoodbye My LoveGood Long Distance RelationshipLong Distance Relationship LoveShort Long Distance RelationshipDistance LoveInspiring Long Distance RelationshipWinnie The Pooh LifeFarewell FriendGood GoodbyeLove And DistancePooh Bear FriendStrong Long Distance RelationshipLove And Long DistanceSaying ByeSaying Goodbye Is HardLong Distance True LoveGoodbye My FriendCute Winnie The PoohGood FarewellGoodbye FriendPooh And PigletWinnie The Pooh InspirationalPooh PigletWinnie The Pooh FriendWe'll Miss YouCute Long Distance RelationshipGood Bye LovePooh FriendshipTime And DistanceBye FriendsGood Bye FriendSaying Goodbye LoveGood Bye Good LuckInspirational Long DistanceTime To Say GoodbyeHard To Say Goodbye Author:A. A. Milne