Quote by Walter Benjamin
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and s

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. – Walter Benjamin

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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. – Walter Benjamin

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Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Woman absent is woman dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. – Thomas Kempis

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Absence of proof is not proof of absence. – William Cowper

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Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another. – Augusto Roa Bastos

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And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here. – St Augustine

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I like the idea of dating, but Im not dating anyone exclusively, particularly right now. Its hard to be in a relationship unless youre ready to go public with it. So its a lot easier for me to not be in a relationship. I really dont want that part of my life to be tabloid fodder. – Cory Monteith

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There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act. – Anne Campbell

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