quotations about absence
What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE
Absence
In the absence of your love
And in the absence of human touch
I have decided
I'm throwing my arms around, around Paris
Because only stone and steel accept my love
MORRISSEY
"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years;
And every little absence is an age.
JOHN DRYDEN
Amphitryon
Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
TACITUS
Histories
The farther off, the more desired; thus lovers tie their knot.
HENRY HOWARD
The Faithfull Lover Declareth His Paines
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
'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