Absence makes the heart grow fonder, remember?
I know that distance makes the heart grow fonder but I don't believe that is true.
Absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder.
He had always been a good lover, but maybe absence did make the heart grow fonder.
Natasha spoke to Pierre about her brother's life and doings, of how she had suffered and lacked life during his own absence, and of how she was fonder than ever of Mary, and how Mary was in every way better than herself.