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• Although the moon is smaller than the earth, it is farther away.
• The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away.
• The farther away the future is, the better it looks. -- Finnigan's Law
• The force of gravity on the moon is a fraction of the gravity on the earth, so the moon would not be able to attract the pen to inself.
  Rather, it would only be able to suspend the pen....
• Everthing is farther away than it used to be. It is even twice as far to the corner and they have added a hill.
  I have given up running for the bus; it leaves earlier than it used to....