Absent Quotes
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“This moment
everything is present here, except the things
that are not here,
and I'm not feeling like
disturbing them.”
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everything is present here, except the things
that are not here,
and I'm not feeling like
disturbing them.”
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“You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words

“I am amazingly absent; I believe I am the most absent creature in the world.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey

“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.”
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“One word absent from a sentence, or misinterpreted incorrectly, can change the entire meaning of a sentence. One word can change the meaning of everything. Before you believe anything about God or anybody, ask yourself how well do you trust the transmitter, translator or interpreter. And if you have never met them, then how do you know if the knowledge you acquired is even right? One hundred and twenty-five years following every major event in history, all remaining witnesses will have died. How well do you trust the man who has stored his version of a story? And how can you put that much faith into someone you don't know?”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Some people masturbate to temporarily replace their partners when they are absent, whereas some people do that to temporarily live in the present.”
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“Influence is when you are not the one talking and yet your words fill the room; when you are absent and yet your presence is felt everywhere.”
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“The very places that we presume God not to be are the very places that are filled with His footprints and littered with His fingerprints.”
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“She couldn鈥檛 explain it except with the word: there. She was there. Present in herself. She wasn鈥檛 always, so it was worth remarking upon.”
― Tess of the Road
― Tess of the Road
“I mean imagine that shit. You bust your ass as a single parent, and your kid treats the absentee parent like a rock star. But love is like water and it slides over the smooth places. Sinks into the cracks.”
― The Truth Is
― The Truth Is

“Bea did not want a new mother. She'd hardly even seen the one she once had, except for glimpses out the window when her mother was climbing into a carriage to go off to a party. She'd been as beautiful as an angel, all sparkling and laughing in her lovely gowns, but not much use.”
― Running from Scandal
― Running from Scandal

“Most journeys are armchair calculations strategically charted in some reclined state that are designed to allow us to embark upon a grand journey without ever leaving the armchair. However, real journeys are absent of furniture.”
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