#absence

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#love #presence #sharpens #strengthens

Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#absence #affection #after #away #been

I'd excluded New York from my writing, and then I came back and I fell in love with it all over again. The energy comes from an absence, that yearning for New York when you are not there. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#again #back #came #comes #energy

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. ↗

— Karl Marx

#meaning #meaning of #opposition #peace #socialism

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. ↗

— Rollo May

#absence #ahead #capacity #despair #move

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#actions #happiness #intended #pain #pleasure

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#incessant #less #longest #love #perilous

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action? ↗

— Arthur Miller

#action #any #begins #choice #choose

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#atheism #books #constantly #god #i

For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#because #become #doctor #employed #fall