One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.
Phoebe Cary
Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality.
Gwen John
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.
James Longstreet
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.
Jessamyn West
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
William Wordsworth