How long time is when one is ...

How long time is when one is sad! Is it three years or three days since you went away?
 Eugenie de Guerin

Quotes from the same author

One has so much time for thought in the country! However occupied one may be, 'tis with nothing that engrosses the mind, which works away on its own account like a mill-wheel.
 Eugenie de Guerin
Certainly, friends are sufficiently rare not to be neglected; they are life's best comforters.
 Eugenie de Guerin