“Funny how an absence can feel like a presence, like that space practically glows with her outline and make me notice how she's not here.”
“And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.”
“How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is present? You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
“Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.”
“There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery tumult in Scarlett's own bosom.'Why-why-she's like me! She understands how I feel'!”
“she knows how to make me feel better - when she isn't making me feel like an asshole”