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Absent Quotes by Henry James
- No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles,…
- One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it…
More Absent Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent. — Brian Houston
- One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American… — Henry James
- The divine life is the spirit in everything that exists, from the atom to the archangel; the grain of dust could not… — Annie Besant
- To walk is to lack a place. It is the indefinite process of being absent and in search of a proper. — Michel de Certeau
- I observed once to Goethe that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when… — Arthur Schopenhauer
- Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. — Ambrose Bierce
- The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. — Elizabeth Bowen