“It was the absences that had made her think, not the presences.”
“Her absence in my life was so painful that it was a presence.”
“Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.”
“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.”
“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.”
“Hell [...] is the absence of God and the presence of Time.”