"I like my heroes dark and my villains darker"

Several unrelated clauses:

The government gave me $1000.

Batman: The Dark Knight was awesome.  I can't wait for the next movie.

I have less desire to play WoW now that I've hit 80.  This always happens.  Damnit.

In the last week I've accomplished two stressful but necessary things:  I got a haircut and I went to the dentist.  Both failed.  (Haircut was not the way I wanted it and I glare at my hair every time I pass a mirror.  And I found out I need two fillings.)

I'm going to Thailand in a week.

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"People don't vanish."

"Of course they do.  She came out of the air and now she's returned to it.  Wherever she is I can't go there."

If a simple presence makes the rest of life seem but shadows, then what does absence make?