"[...] in certain cases absence is the highest form of presence."
— Absence

January 1, 1970

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James Joyce, Letters III, p. 357n1 (29 May 1935, Letter to Lucia, translated: “in certi casi l’assenza e la forma pìu alta della persenza”)