“I began to measure things in absence instead of presence.”
“Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.”
“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.”
“Hell [...] is the absence of God and the presence of Time.”
“Safety is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God.”
“Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.”