Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.

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

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.

How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! What old December's bareness everywhere!