#close

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#both #brave #close #contrary #culture

I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#around #attention #close #eyes #flowers

Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect, leading to permanent peace in the Taiwan Strait. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#based #china #closer #dialogue #forge

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one. ↗

— Ann Landers

#country #four #friends #mentally #ok

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#bravado #closer #fear #get #i

There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed. ↗

— James Larkin

#avenue #book #closed #freedom #live

I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#had #i #relationships #some #very

I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

#contact #distant #guess #i #life

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#commonly #grumbling #hear #him #his

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing. ↗

— Avril Lavigne

#been #close #different #different thing #down