Absence Quotes - Page 7
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.
1981 Midnight's Children,'Alpha and Omega', bk.2.
"L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.402
"Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent". Book by Henry Steele Commager, 1954.
Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”
Elizabeth Bowen (1938). “The death of the heart”, Viking Pr
She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.
Clive Barker (1991). “The Hellbound Heart”, Voyager
Charles Darwin (2010). “The Origin of Species: A Variorum Text”, p.518, University of Pennsylvania Press
Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane Shore”, p.379
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [117]
The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.
Shelagh Delaney (1959). “A Taste of Honey: A Play”, p.17, Grove Press
Robert Buettner (2005). “Orphan's Destiny”
In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life.
Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.122, Bread and Circuses Publishing
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.499, Harvard University Press
"Elegies, II". Book by Sextus Propertius, c. 24 B.C.