I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
The smaller the planets are, they are, other things being equal, of so much the greater density; for so the powers of gravity on their several surfaces come nearer to equality. They are likewise, other things being equal, of the greater density, as they are nearer to the sun.
It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.
On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.
I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.
Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.
This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it.
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.
