"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate." ― Robert Louis Stevenson Topic(s): Good More From Robert Louis Stevenson "Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life." "An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding." "The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty." More In Good "No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."― Mary Wollstonecraft "Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."― Douglas Horton "An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring… I ought to know."― Bette Davis