Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

Education is identical with helping the child realize his potentialities. The opposite of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence of faith in… — Erich Fromm
Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort. — Brandon Sanderson
My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me… — Friedrich Nietzsche
How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is… — Milan Kundera
When I thought I'd killed him, I felt more alone than I've felt in a long time. Like I couldn't stand walking through this city… — Karen Marie Moning
I make the other’s absence responsible for my worldliness. — Roland Barthes
Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time was the absence… — Chinua Achebe
One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank… — Philip Sington
You left ground and sky weeping, mind and soul full of grief. No one can take your place in existence, or in absence. Both mourn,… — Unknown Author
How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave… — Swami Vivekananda
I lean over you, your equal, offering you a mirror for your perfect nothingness, for your shadows which are neither light nor absence of light,… — Maurice Blanchot
My being subsists only from a supreme point of view which is precisely incompatible with my point of view. The perspective in which I fade… — Maurice Blanchot
Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands.… — Baroness Orczy
Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus. — John Eldredge
Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity — Coco Chanel
Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything. — C.S. Lewis
I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language.… — Coco Chanel
Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: - (1)… — Milan Kundera
It's strange, the lack of emotion, the absence of drama in reality. When things happen in real life, extraordinary things, there's no music, there's no… — Kevin Brooks
Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government. — Albert Einstein
One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. — Marina Tsvetaeva
I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it. — Margaret Atwood
The human brain cannot encompass total absence. Like infinity, it is simply not something that the organ runs to. The space someone leaves must be… — Anna Funder
A thousand for his love expired each day, And those who saw his face, in blank dismay Would rave and grieve and mourn their lives… — Farid al-Din Attar
Sometimes you can only feel something by its absence. By the empty spaces it leaves behind. — Gayle Forman

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