Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence. — Jodi Picoult
Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time. — Graham Greene
Parting is such sweet sorrow — William Shakespeare
Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of… — Peter Kreeft
Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but… — Meg Cabot
A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly… — Idries Shah
A great man once wrote, "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire."… — Karen White
If, by happiness, you mean the absence of adversity I and all fabricants are the happiest stratum in corpocracy as genomicists insist. However, if happiness… — David Mitchell
But the absence of him is everywhere I look. It's like a huge hole has been punched through my chest. — Stephenie Meyer
for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing. — Guillermo del Toro
Love is quite violent. It is so painful at times, so devastating. And there is nothing worse or better. We find the highs and lows… — Danielle Steel
Being fearless doesn't mean having an absence of fear. It means you press on in spite of fear. — Robin Parrish
In our absence, the violet early evening light pours in the bay window, filling the still room like water poured into a glass. The glass… — Marya Hornbacher
It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill — Franz Kafka
In you is the illusion of each day. You arrive like the dew to the cupped flowers. You undermine the horizon with your absence. Eternally… — Pablo Neruda
If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be… — Charles Spurgeon
The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness.… — Fulton J. Sheen
Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only… — Thomas Paine
Her absence in my life was so painful that it was a presence. — Karen Marie Moning
Putting my hand in someone else’s has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to… — Clarice Lispector
How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered — Kristin Cashore
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it. — Karl Popper
i felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to run to the mirror… — James Dashner
And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than… — John Green

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