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title: "Famous Absence Lines"
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> [“This bed yawns beneath the weight of our absent selves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/this-bed-yawns-beneath-the-weight-of-our-absent-selves/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-storms/joy-is-not-necessarily-the-absence-of-suffering-it-is-the-presence-of/)

[Sam Storms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-storms/)

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> [I will smile one day, once his absence is no longer present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-will-smile-one-day-once-his-absence-is-no-longer-present/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-absence-of-alternatives-clears-the-mind-marvelously/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I regard gratitude as an asset and its absence a major interpersonal flaw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-goldsmith/i-regard-gratitude-as-an-asset-and-its-absence-a-major-interpersonal/)

[Marshall Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-goldsmith/)

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> [Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/barbarism-is-the-absence-of-standards-to-which-appeal-can-be-made/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/true-ignorance-is-not-the-absence-of-knowledge-but-the-refusal-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Someone shouldn't need to be faced with your absence to value your presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/someone-shouldn-t-need-to-be-faced-with-your-absence-to-value-your/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

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> [I believe that peace is not merely an absence of war but the nurture of human life, and that in time this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-addams/i-believe-that-peace-is-not-merely-an-absence-of-war-but-the-nurture/)

[Jane Addams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-addams/)

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> [We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/we-do-not-place-especial-value-on-the-possession-of-a-virtue-until-we/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Sorrow has a name, and its name is loneliness. Sorrow has a shape, and its shape is absence. Sorrow is a sickness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/sorrow-has-a-name-and-its-name-is-loneliness-sorrow-has-a-shape-and/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/absence-doth-sharpen-love-presence-strengthens-it-the-one-brings-fuel/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/in-the-last-stages-of-a-final-illness-we-need-only-the-absence-of/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

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> [What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philibert-joseph-roux/what-is-slander-a-verdict-of-guilty-pronounced-in-the-absence-of-the/)

[Philibert Joseph Roux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philibert-joseph-roux/)

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> [We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-icahn/we-have-bloated-bureaucracies-in-corporate-america-the-root-of-the/)

[Carl Icahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-icahn/)

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> [There is a side of friendship that develops better and stronger by correspondence than contact… The absence of the flesh in writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-carr/there-is-a-side-of-friendship-that-develops-better-and-stronger-by/)

[Emily Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-carr/)

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> [Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/your-worst-enemy-cannot-harm-you-as-much-as-your-own-unguarded-2/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/experiments-show-that-children-in-unsupervised-groups-are-capable-of/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

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> [Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristina-mcmorris/not-every-loss-was-confirmed-by-an-officer-at-the-door-nor-a-telegram/)

[Kristina McMorris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristina-mcmorris/)

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> [The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-dusenberry/the-work-the-work-the-work-this-is-what-the-business-is-all-about/)

[Phil Dusenberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-dusenberry/)

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> [The poetic impulse is distinct from ideas about things or feelings about things, though it may use these. It's more like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-larkin/the-poetic-impulse-is-distinct-from-ideas-about-things-or-feelings/)

[Philip Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-larkin/)

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> [In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/in-the-dream-state-the-only-essential-difference-from-waking-is-the/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

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> [There's another way to phrase that and that is that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/there-s-another-way-to-phrase-that-and-that-is-that-the-absence-of/)

[Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/)

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> [It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-b-eyring/it-is-possible-to-rise-to-the-lofty-standard-set-by-the-lord-for/)

[Henry B. Eyring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-b-eyring/)

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> [The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It's not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rei-kawakubo/the-theme-of-the-collection-this-time-is-monster-it-s-not-about-the/)

[Rei Kawakubo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rei-kawakubo/)

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> [In verity we are the poor. This humanity we would claim for ourselves is the legacy, not only of the Enlightenment, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/in-verity-we-are-the-poor-this-humanity-we-would-claim-for-ourselves/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

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> [This vast life - the real, interior one in which we remain linked to the dead (because the dream inside us ignores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-funder/this-vast-life-the-real-interior-one-in-which-we-remain-linked-to-the/)

[Anna Funder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-funder/)

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> [It was as if the demise of the owner had lent the flat a physical void it hadn't had before. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesbo/it-was-as-if-the-demise-of-the-owner-had-lent-the-flat-a-physical/)

[Jo Nesbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesbo/)

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> [The woe of mortality makes humans God-like. It is because we know that we must die that we are so busy making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/the-woe-of-mortality-makes-humans-god-like-it-is-because-we-know-that/)

[Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/)

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> [We don't know that we've lost half a minute from our lives but we feel it somehow, we feel its absence. Something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gopnik/we-don-t-know-that-we-ve-lost-half-a-minute-from-our-lives-but-we/)

[Adam Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-gopnik/)

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> [The mountain has left me feeling renewed, more content and positive than I’ve been for weeks, as if something has been given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-nelson/the-mountain-has-left-me-feeling-renewed-more-content-and-positive/)

[Richard Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-nelson/)

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> [“He imagined himself lying there, unable to sleep, thinking of his mother, separated from her by the unresponsive blankets tucked too tightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/he-imagined-himself-lying-there-unable-to-sleep-thinking-of-his/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [And consider: it is loss to which everything flows, absence in which everything flowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/and-consider-it-is-loss-to-which-everything-flows-absence-in-which/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-charles/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-and-tears-are-only-rain-to-make/)

[Ray Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-charles/)

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> [What I sometimes mistake for ecstasy is simply the absence of grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kane/what-i-sometimes-mistake-for-ecstasy-is-simply-the-absence-of-grief/)

[Sarah Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kane/)

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> [Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/eternity-is-said-not-to-be-an-extension-of-time-but-an-absence-of-time/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-machado/the-absence-of-vices-adds-so-little-to-the-sum-of-one-s-virtues/)

[Antonio Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-machado/)

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> [It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/it-s-impossible-to-defend-oneself-in-the-absence-of-goodwill/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

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> [Boredom is simply the absence of an interesting perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-a-trean/boredom-is-simply-the-absence-of-an-interesting-perspective/)

[Brandon A Trean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-a-trean/)

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> [Nothing good or great can be done in the absence of enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/nothing-good-or-great-can-be-done-in-the-absence-of-enthusiasm/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

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                        "text": "The woe of mortality makes humans God-like. It is because we know that we must die that we are so busy making life. It is because we are aware of mortality that we preserve the past and create the future. Mortality is ours without asking--but immortality is something we must build ourselves. Immortality is not a mere absence of death; it is defiance and denial of death. It is 'meaningful' only because there is death, that implacable reality which is to be defied.",
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                        "text": "We don't know that we've lost half a minute from our lives but we feel it somehow, we feel its absence. Something is missing, we think. And so we long for the thing we've missed and can't name, and out of that wanting - well, everything else rises, good and bad. What do you think leads us to the windows in the first place? The light in your eyes shines because of the longing in your soul. And the longing in your souls rises because you are looking for the lost half minute.",
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