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Closest Quotes

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.20

Best friends are important. They're the closest thing to a sister you'll ever have.

Jenny Han (2010). “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

To me, jazz is the closest thing to insanity that there is in music.

David Lynch, Richard A. Barney (2009). “David Lynch: Interviews”, p.172, Univ. Press of Mississippi

The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.

Carson McCullers (2017). “Carson McCullers: Stories, Plays & Other Writings”, p.310, Library of America

No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny.

Henry Peach Robinson (1869). “Pictorial Effect in Photography: Being Hints on Composition and Chiaro-oscuro for Photographers. To which is Added a Chapter on Combination Printing”, p.198

Closest to the truth are those who deal lightly with it because they know it is inexhaustible.

"Thomas Mann and his family". Book by Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Collins, p. 187, 1989.

Sex is really only touch, the closest of all touch. And it's touch we're afraid of.

D. H. Lawrence (2016). “D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Book House)”, p.2635, Book House