Closest Quotes
It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.
"The Consolations of Philosophy". Book by Alain de Botton, 2000.
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