Quote by Miguel Syjuco Download Open image ““My absence was gradual, until one day it became complete.”” — Miguel Syjuco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“... wondering how it was that one person's absence could rob the day so wholly of its shape and meaning.” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“If your absence is ever felt, then you will be either missed or cursed.” — Shreya Gupta Copy Share Image
“I notice your absence. I notice your non presence and reflect on the time you were present, in the present, which is obviously in… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“But my one-day absence was probably not having an effect on anybody. Not one human being had noticed that I was gone, likely. I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Absence has presence, sometimes, and that was what she felt. Absence like crushed-dead grass were something has been and is no longer. Absence where… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“There were absences in my life which were a comfort, then were was a presence that ruined me.” — Robert Pinget Copy Share Image
“With him, life was routine, without him, life was unbearable. I stayed miserable for two days.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“His absence was a presence. Who knew an empty space could take up so much room.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes absence is required, to feel a person's presence more intensely.” — Indrani sarkar Copy Share Image
“Here, need blurs the line between good and bad, and a constant promise of random violence sticks like humidity down your back.” — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“He fidgets. Thinks. Observes his fellow passengers. Judges everyone, in the traditional Filipino sport of justifying both personal and shared insecurities.” — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
When I was young, I spent my days and nights trying to impress future generations. I spent them. They're gone. All because I was… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
You can’t bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca, the Cathedral,… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“A man's life is all he has. When you're old, it's all you'll ever have.” — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“A father must take credit for his child, but never a child for his father.” — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up. — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“We liked to believe there is an alternate world, a better world, populated entirely by characters created by the yearnings of humanity--governing and inspiring… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I have to believe that literature can effect change; otherwise, I would have no purpose in my life and would have wasted four years… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as any different from all the other Filipinos who have gone abroad looking for opportunity, to be a nurse, a… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
