Absent Quotes

320 quotes by 284 authors

A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I left parts of myself everywhere, The way absent-minded people leave Gloves and umbrellas Whose colors are sad from dispensing so much bad luck — Charles Simic
We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts — Aiden Wilson Tozer
There is no good singing, there is only present and absent. — Jeff Buckley
Books are absent teachers. — Mortimer Adler
For a few minutes, maybe, life lingers in the tissues of some outlying regions of the body. Then, one by one, the lights go out… — Christopher Isherwood
In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present… — Peter Straub
Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. — Erin Morgenstern
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this,… — Elizabeth Berg
Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do. In the interval between reach and grasp, between glance and counterglance, between â€˜I… — Anne Carson
They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other… — Erin Morgenstern
Then itâ€™s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair… — Suzanne Collins
She'd cried over a broken heart before. She knew what that felt like, and it didn't feel like this. Her heart felt not so much… — Ann Brashares
Love is a state of being, and in that state, the 'me', with its identifications, anxieties, and possessions is absent. Love cannot be, as long… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
How evanescent those loves and friendships seem at this distance in timeâ€¦We move on, make new attachments. We grow old. But sometimes, we hanker for… — Ruskin Bond
God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well,… — Thomas Merton
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of… — Philip Zimbardo
I doubt I would ever be missed. Noted absent, charged delinquent, reprimanded but never missed. — Maria V. Snyder
You could not turn off love- even the rather absent, sometimes taken for granted love- the way you'd turn off a faucet. Love ran from… — Stephen King

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