She is a wonderful creation, just close enough to truth yet far enough from it to resonate powerfully.
Your crush may unexpectedly walk up to you, and invite you to sit with his table even if you two aren't close enough friends yet.
"It's far enough away from the city for peace and quiet yet close enough to hop a train for an evening of dinner and a show".
"I'm close enough to New York and yet far enough away that they just can't go running off to New York," Ms. Weary said of her students.
This sense of impeding reality is what drew Hamm to Black Mirror, where "things are close enough to touch, and yet maintain a sense of science fiction.
Cornell is also far enough from Westchester (around four hours) that students can gain a sense of independence from their parents, yet close enough that a weekend home doesn't involve a plane ticket.
It was Stoudemire's arrival, in 2010, that attracted Anthony, which in turn attracted Tyson Chandler; the combination of that trio convinced the Knicks management that they were close enough to a championship, yet still far enough away, to take a risk on a player like Smith.
This is the formative work of a photographer who, in a century defined by warfare, played a pivotal role in defining how war was seen, bringing its horrors nearer than ever — "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough" was his mantra — yet in the process rendering it more cinematic and unreal.
The past was not lost, permanently hid in death's dateless night, but still existed, ready for use -- if we only thought about it in the right way, just back around a bend in the river of time, far enough away to be strange, yet close enough to be familiar.
