# Quote — Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

> Mystery and disappointment are not absolutely indispensable to the growth of love, but they are very often its powerful auxiliaries. "Out of sight, out of mind," is well enough as a proverb applicable to cases of friendship, though absence is not always necessary to hollowness of heart even between friends, and truth and honesty, like precious stones, are perhaps most easily imitated at a distance, when the counterfeits often pass for real. Love, however, is very materially assisted by a warm and active imagination, which has a long memory, and will thrive for a considerable time on very slight and sparing food.

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [Nicholas Nickleby](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/nicholas-nickleby.md)
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