"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate." ― Robert Louis Stevenson Topic(s): Good More From Robert Louis Stevenson "An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding." "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." "Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes." More In Good "Less is only more where more is no good."― Frank Lloyd Wright "You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it’s just complaining."― Joni Mitchell "The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."― Socrates