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Absence Quote by Lisa Unger

“Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.” quote by Lisa Unger — Download Open image

“Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.”

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There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning. For loneliness assumed the absence of other people, and the solitude she found in that desperate terrain had never admitted the possibility of other people. She wept then. Tears for the deaths of the…

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It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless…

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