Quotes by Absence What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain. Marcus Tullius Cicero pleasure pain absence You say, The sensed absence of God and the sensed presence amount to much the same thing, only in reverse. Margaret Atwood reverse atheism absence One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers. Margaret Thatcher zero absence numbers It hurts every day, the absence of someone who was once there. Marie Lu it-hurts hurt absence Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it, then 'immortality' is the absence of such fear. Babies are immortal. Edit out the fear, and you'll be. Margaret Atwood immortality absence baby Friends, though absent, are still present. Marcus Tullius Cicero absent-friends absence friendship In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart. Marianne Williamson falling-apart absence fall The complete absence of the story - that was the best thing about this whole thing, because you know that nothing's going to happen and everything's going to happen. It's just the gaze. You create your own zone. Marina Abramovic best-things absence stories It is exceedingly difficult to maintain a sense of absence without turning that absence into some kind of presence Mark Epstein difficult kind absence The absence of a bass player always makes things go faster and hit harder in the high-end range. Mark Lanegan bass player absence Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort. Mark Rippetoe effort normal absence In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing. Mark Strand fields missing absence Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit. Mahatma Gandhi fruit absence mean True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway. Martin Freeman true-hero absence Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought. Marshall McLuhan exploration absence writing Clear prose indicates the absence of thought. Marshall McLuhan prose clear absence I began to measure things in absence instead of presence. Marya Hornbacher absence Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater. Matt Chandler goodness absence mean When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence. Mason Cooley disappear money absence Absence becomes the greatest Presence. May Sarton absence «678910111213141516»