Quote by J.D. Salinger

“The world we have created does not encourage or promote leave-of-absences. It does not promote deep contemplation, especially the type with no time-frame.”

— Jane Meredith

“Make no provisions for failure.”

— Jack Hyles

“We have not been abandoned. We have, perhaps, in that leaving been given the gift of ourselves in a new, deeper, and more lasting…

— Macrina Wiederkehr

“They're indifference should not be the cause of your non-existence.”

— Flor Hernandez

“My absence was gradual, until one day it became complete.”

— Miguel Syjuco

“There are things that will not have themselves buried and put out of sight, as though they had never been.”

— Anthony Trollope

“Some things are not meant to disappear until their purpose has been met.”

— Christina L. Farley

“What I want are words to define myself without the connotations of absence.”

— Laurel Gilbert

“You are not abandoned until you feel that you are! - On Being Abandoned.”

— Lamine Pearlheart

“If you are capable,then you should not be inactive.”

— Rajasaraswathii

“A lack of being remains unaffected by a plenitude of having.”

— Stephen Batchelor

“If your absence is ever felt, then you will be either missed or cursed.”

— Shreya Gupta