Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Remote

Remote as a dream.
—Anonymous

Remote, like echoed voice of one the tombs among.
—Aubrey De Vere

Remote, as the dead lords of song,
Great masters who have made us what we are.
—Jean Ingelow

Remote and minute as the chief scene of our infancy.
—George Meredith

Remote as the stars are.
—Charles L. Moore

As remote in thought as … the Apostles or the Cæsars.
—Robert Louis Stevenson