Absence Quote by F. Sionil José

“But what you don’t realize, until you have to live it, is that it’s the absence of the person that’s the trouble. The ongoing…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“Forget forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of life is…

— Peter Rock

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

— Siri Hustvedt

“My life is diminished for the absence of great things. Yet they are in reality not absent at all. Rather I am too absent-minded…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Without memories,there can be no good or evil. It will exist only indifference!”

— Anonymous

“When people go away they vanish, turn to nothing, stop being. They live only in memories, haunting the imagination.”

— Dezső Kosztolányi

“The ability to forget is a blessing, just like memory is.”

— Marwane Caber

“Forgetting means remembering at an inconvenient time.”

— Carol Edgarian

“Forgetting used to be a failing, a waste, a sign of senility. Now it takes effort. It may be as important as remembering.”

— James Gleick

“Absence is a curious thing. When friends are absent, they seem to loom ever larger, till the lack of them is all one can…

— Libba Bray

“For humans, being able to 'forget' is what allows them to survive through their cruel and harsh lives.”

— Hotaru Odagiri

“How do we remember this emptiness so in fullness we won't forget?”

— Mark Z. Danielewski