“I rarely think about my childhood. It's a slippery thing I can't keep hold of for long - it slithers out of my grasp. And a lot of the time I remember what was missing instead of what was there. I am a chronicler of absence.” ThinkingLongI CanRememberChildhoodMissingAbsenceSlippery Author:Carrie Fisher
“My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.” WorldWarKidsSchoolProcessSpaceMissingMessagesSickCaringCriticalAbsenceRevivalInjuredContinuationNegotiating Author:Zainab Salbi
“When we don't get that escape from our work selves, I think we feel its absence on a deep, almost primal level. Leisure is uncommodified, unoccupied time where we get to be truly free, so feeling bad about missing the weekend isn't just, "Damn, I didn't make it to the mall!" It's a profound loss.” ThinkingFeelingsLossMissingProfoundAbsenceWeekendFeeling Bad Author:Katrina Onstad
“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.” LovePassionFireFansMissingWindRomanticIncreaseAbsenceGoodbyeSympathyCandleDepressingMediocreFarewellDiminishMissing SomeoneSaying GoodbyeByeBest LoveGood ByeMissing YouFamous LoveGreat OnesTime LoveSaying Good ByeI Miss YouLove PassionMissed YouLong Distance LoveGoodbye FarewellI Missed YouMature LoveSaying FarewellYour AbsenceGoodbye My LoveFarewell FriendFarewell LoveGood GoodbyeSaying ByeGoodbye LoveGoodbye My FriendMissing You LoveGood FarewellGoodbye FriendI'll Miss YouWe Will Miss YouWe'll Miss YouWill Miss YouBye LoveGood Bye LoveI Will Miss YouAbsence LoveBye FriendsGood Bye FriendMissed OnesSomeone You MissLove And Miss YouScented Candles Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.” LossGoneMissingColorAbsenceSeparationThreadNeedlesMissing SomeoneMissing YouI Miss YouMissed YouI Missed YouMiss MeYour AbsenceMissing You LoveWill Miss YouI Will Miss YouSomeone You Miss Author:W. S. Merwin
“All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.” ShowsDreamNightLove YouMissingAbsenceTheeSonnetMissing SomeoneMissing YouI Miss YouMissed YouI Missed YouYour AbsenceMissing You LoveWill Miss YouI Will Miss YouBright DaysSomeone You Miss Author:William Shakespeare