#absence

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#bright #delicate #good #influence #keep

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#absence #consist #does #his #life

i felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to run to the mirror to know they were gone ↗

— James Dashner

#alone #breakup #broken #day #felt

It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#annabeth-chase #heroes-of-olympus #inspirational #love #percy-jackson

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#attention #claims #does #expose #forget

I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal. ↗

— Peter Cook

#because #coal #falling #i #judge

In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#any #common #desirable #goods #human

But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#dark-bird #life #present #life

In the absence of a cat, I’d consider cuddling with a synthetic fur coat. Especially if your dead grandma was wearing it.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cats #coat #cuddle #cuddling #death

Faith is your guide in the absence of knowledge. ↗

— Toba Beta

#faith-guide #knowledge #faith