quotations about absence
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years;
And every little absence is an age.
JOHN DRYDEN
Amphitryon
The absent are like children; they are helpless to defend themselves.
CHARLES READE
Foul Play
Ever absent, ever near;
Still I see thee, still I hear;
Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!
FRANCIS KAZINCZY
Separation
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
BEN JONSON
Underwoods
Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.
JAMES HOWELL
Familiar Letters
The farther off, the more desired; thus lovers tie their knot.
HENRY HOWARD
The Faithfull Lover Declareth His Paines
You must know of something's existence before you can notice its absence.
E.L. KONIGSBURG
The View from Saturday
'Tis said that absence conquers love;
But oh believe it not!
I've tried, alas! its power to prove,
But thou art not forgot.
FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS
Absence Conquers Love
There's pain where she ought to be. It's feeding the other pain, the thing that makes me wash and count and all that. So her absence is stopping me from going to find her. Do you see?
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
Her Fearful Symmetry