• A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.

    Idries Shah: A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.
    Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.18, Octagon Press Ltd