Quote by Edith Wharton

“His absence was a presence. Who knew an empty space could take up so much room.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“And it is strange that absence can feel like presence. A missing so complete that if it were to go away, I would turn…

— Ally Condie, Crossed

“He lived in a world that was visible, even if it didn't always please him to be there.”

— Arthur Golden

“His absence is so big it's like he's there.”

— Patrick Ness

“...he still wondered what it would be like to be so intriguing that people would actually care if he disappeared.”

— Adam Langer

“was so out of place that I disappeared.”

— Joanna Rakoff

“But the longing within him had grown even greater, the overpowering need to be alone. Locked in an empty room, entirely unwitnessed, silent and…

— Philip K. Dick

“There are so many things, he said quietly, that we can't see but that we believe in, so many places that seem to possess…

— Anne Michaels

“It was the absences that had made her think, not the presences.”

— Nick Hornby

“There is a presence in what is missing.” That presence is our own.”

— Jonah Lehrer

“Very simply, for the mind, absence can be a catalyst for presence.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Even when he was gone, some fragment of his spirit lingered behind.”

— Stephanie Perkins