Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

What any true painting touches is an absence - an absence of which without the painting, we might be unaware. And that would be our… — John Berger
What I sometimes mistake for ecstasy is simply the absence of grief. — Sarah Kane
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons… — Anton Chekhov
In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And absence of energy,… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that adults and even parents can, unwittingly, be cruel:… — David Foster Wallace
Absence of Quality is the essence of squareness. — Robert M. Pirsig
The reduction of the universe to the compass of a single being, and the extension of a single being until it reaches God - that… — Victor Hugo
He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence. — Simone Weil
The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how much more special or… — Stephenie Meyer
In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity? — Bruce Sterling
What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes.… — Jacqueline Woodson
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely. — Charles M. Schulz
He had no idea of how long his life would one day seem to have gone on; how daily present the absence of love would… — Michael Chabon
Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept because I was no longer a… — Anais Nin
Richard began to understand darkness: darkness as something solid and real, so much more than a simple absence of light. He felt it touch his… — Neil Gaiman
It is part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along. — Margaret Atwood
Indeed, the human mind appeared to suffer from a crippling need to fabricate in the absence of concrete proof. — J R Ward
Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole. — Aristotle
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It… — Coco Chanel
I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down. — Arianna Huffington
Absence makes the heart grow fonder — Eleanor Roosevelt
absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird — Audrey Niffenegger

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