“Maybe heartache was more normal than the absence of it.”
“The absence of God is nothing more than the absence of me.”
“Because it's still a heartache. And nothing makes you want to die more than that.”
“This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?”
“Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.”
“fear is nothing more than the absence of faith!”