The absent are always in the wrong.

The absent are always in the wrong.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a read more

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream.
And I seek then in vain by the meadow read more

Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream.
And I seek then in vain by the meadow and stream.

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.