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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.
I find I am growing fonder of gardening, listening to music and reading.
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
I've ended up feeling fonder of 'The Paying Guests' than of any of my other novels.
I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Sometimes, taking a break and going somewhere else and, almost, for both parties, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
People always say to me, 'Well, how can a marriage last when you're away as much as you are?' And I always say, 'Well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.' That time apart from each other has actually strengthened our relationship.
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Once they have actually left office, we seem to grow fonder of our ex-presidents - and they of each other. That's why so many sighed in approval at Michelle Obama's public display of affection with George W. Bush at last month's dedication of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
