From Afar Quotes

“She said there was no such thing as the perfect match. She claimed it was a grand fallacy. There was no such thing as a ‘soulmate.’ She said that. She said many perfectly content couples were ruined by the concept; that too many couples, ninety percent of them perfect for one another, were ruined because the remaining ten percent was proof, to one or the other, that their true ‘soulmate’ lay elsewhere, and therefore the relationship ended.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“cloths”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“I thought about Pushkin, and literature, and what Dmitri had said. And I thought how book lovers never sleep alone. And whatever the mind can imagine, the hand can write. And whatever the heart can feel, one can love, especially from afar.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“Perhaps its love’s separation that gives a writer that special mood, that inspiration he needs?” He lifted a hand to his chin. “Perhaps it is why they say the greater the distance, the greater the love?”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“love from afar was always stronger, and more pleasant, than love at hand. In fact, he cherished it a certain sort of way. Faraway, separated love freed him from the ‘irksome conditions and chains’ often associated with a close relationship.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“In Russia it is said, men love with their eyes and women love with their ears. Perhaps this is not just a Russian phenomenon?”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“There’s a saying here in Russia,” she said. “—we don’t know anyone from the United States, but we know everyone from Santa Barbara.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“It was so different than what you would expect in America—everybody would be chatting, or smiling, or even if they were quiet, they wouldn’t look so dreary.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“the beloved Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin, the Shakespeare of Russia who gave up his life in the name of love. It was a silly duel over a woman. But, I guess, that’s about as romantic as it gets. And as virtuous as some may say that was, it was a bit ironic too—love took the life of Russia’s greatest romanticist.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“Some guys, like Burt, try to win your friendship by trying to be cool and interesting. Miles wasn’t that type. Miles was cool and interesting.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar

“You have but one life to live; and not many chances to get the love thing right. In fact, some people never get it right, and grow old living together but living separate, miserable lives. If you believe in love, you must fight for it. You must hold out for it. You must not give up. You must remain hopelessly romantically alone until your true love is found. You must sacrifice and suffer in loneliness, until one day it finds you.”
― Frank Scozzari, From Afar