“His cruelty was in his absence.”
“I dote on his very absence.”
“Dealing with Caleb was all about perspective. You couldn’t appreciate his kindness until you’d felt his cruelty.”
“In the absence of real thunder, he's making his own.”
“Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence.”
“His absence has only made him more present.”