Quotes About Absence

And death? I don't fear death. I dread the absence of it.

He did this despite its causing him to feel keenly not the presence he was seeking but rather the absence of one he'd never seen anywhere other than in photos

The last kiss is given to the void.

It was the absence of doubt—and scientific rigor—that made medicine unscientific and caused it to stagnate for so long.

And yet when I wish to explore how faith works, I usually sneak in by the back door of doubt, for I best learn about my own need for faith during its absence. God's invisibility guarantees I will experience times of doubt. Everyone dangles on a pendulum that swings from belief to unbelief, back to belief, and ends - where?

My feelings of God's presence — or God's absence — are not the presence or the absence.

The castle will seem very quiet and strange without you here. The stone stairs and the chapel will miss your footstep, the gateway will will miss your laughter, and the wall will miss your shadow.

I thought then that we would all die in the darkness and solitude. I thought that an executioner would come for us silently one night. I thought I might wake briefly with the weight of a pillow on my face. I thought that I would never see sunshine again. I was a young woman then, and I thought that sorrow as deep as mine could only lead to death. I was grieving for my father and frightened by the absence of my brothers, and I thought that soon I would die too.

To refer a subject to a negative class is unmeaning, unless the 'not' is a mere modification of the positive, as in the example of 'not honourable' and 'dishonourable'; or unless the class is characterized by the absence rather than the presence of a particular quality.

it is by justice that we can authentically measure man's value or his nullity... the absence of justice is the absence of what makes him a man

It is by justice that we can authentically measure a mans value or nullity.... the absence of justice is the absence of what makes him a man

It is by justice that we can authentically measure a mans value or nullity.... the absence of justice is the absence of why makes him a man

Ignorance was ever the iron of certainty, for it was as blind to itself as sleep. It was the absence of questions that made answers absolute—not knowledge!

The air became dry and still, like the gap in a dead man's mouth.

It is my opinion that the greatest absence in the church today is the fear of God.

Mirnin: Where's Shreve?

Myrnin to Claire: If anyone comes to bite you while I'm gone - well, try not to attract attention. Die quietly.

His absence is time gained to spool my un-truths.

The minute she left the apartment, I missed having her there. But as with all loves, I supposed, the consolation was in the fact that she'd be back.

Game over," you say, and I don't know which I take more exception to—the fact that you say that it's over, or the fact that you say it's a game. It's only over when one of us keeps the notebook for good. It's only a game if there is an absence of meaning. And we've already gone too far for that.

It's only a game if there is an absence of meaning.

More likely, they would just cease to exist. That's death. No, it's different. Death leaves a corps.

an elevator. The doors of the elevator were gone, as were the cab and the lift mechanism, sold for reuse or for scrap.

risible. In the Community, none