Our most memorable days are marked by an absence of control. ~ Patricia Smith

My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you. ~ Daisy Ashford, The Young Visitor, 1919

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye. ~ Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

Absence becomes the greatest Presence. ~ May Sarton, Lion & the Rose

How long time is when one is sad! Is it three years or three days since you went away? ~ Eugenie de Guerin

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. ~ Colette, Sido, 1929

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other. ~ Freya Stark, Coast of Incense

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~ Thomas Haynes Bayly, Odes to Rosa

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