Woman: Why didn't you wait for me?
Man: I thought you were gone forever!
Woman: I said I'd be back in a minute!
Man: The... the seconds went fast at first, but then they started to drag on. She was there for me.
Woman: You had an affair in the 90 seconds I was gone?!
Man: ...yes.
—xkcd #57: Wait For Me
"I hadn't slept in a week, I was weak, I was awake,
You'd never seen a bastard orphan more in need of a break.
Longing for Angelica, missing my wife,
That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life."
—Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton ("Say No to This")
There she was, Keisha, the girl of my dreams. I used to dream about a girl named Dede, but then I moved.
—Chris, Everybody Hates Chris
Lady Kluck: Oh, patience, my dear. Patience. Remember, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Maid Marian: Or forgetful.
Another absence might/make the heart grow fonder/or is it out of sight/out of mind I wonder...
—The Darkness, "Is It Just Me?"
