Absence

Veronica Roth Author

Absence

"I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all."

Pain Watches Absence

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Samuel Butler Novelist, Poet, Essayist

Absence

"There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought."

Thinking Absence Unthinkable

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Simone Weil Philosopher, Activist

Absence

"He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence."

Feels Absence

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Stephen King Author

Absence

"The color white is the absence of memory."

Memories Absence Color White

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Sun Ra Musician

Absence

"If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life."

Ifs Absence

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Franz Kafka Writer

Absence

"It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill"

Impossible Absence Goodwill

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Jason Reeves Songwriter

Absence

"Inspiration comes from everywhere always. But it's strongest in love and in its absence."

Inspiration Absence Strongest

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Marshall McLuhan Philosopher, Media Theorist

Absence

"Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought."

Writing Absence Exploration

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Moliere Playwright, Actor

Absence

"All is wholesome in the absence of excess."

Absence Excess

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur

Absence

"I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future."

Sometimes Conflict Absence

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Lord Byron Poet, Novelist

Absence

"No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving."

Heart Absence Roving

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Bill Johnson Athlete

Absence

"True humility is not in the absence of confidence but strength restrained."

Humility Absence True Humility

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Aristotle Philosopher

Absence

"The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and dis­turbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole."

Differences Unity Absence

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Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author

Absence

"Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise."

Absence Certainty Incompetence

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Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer

Absence

"Yes, I am so free. And what a superb absence is my soul."

Soul Absence Superb

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Marshall McLuhan Philosopher, Media Theorist

Absence

"Clear prose indicates the absence of thought."

Clear Absence Prose

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May Sarton Poet

Absence

"Absence becomes the greatest Presence."

Absence

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Michel Foucault Philosopher, Social Theorist

Absence

"I'm not making a problem out of a personal question; I make of a personal question an absence of a problem."

Problem Absence Personal Question

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Barack Obama Politician

Absence

"The absence of hope can rot a society from within."

Powerful Hope Absence

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Paulo Coelho Writer

Absence

"solitude is not absence of love, but its complement"

Solitude Absence Complement

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