Sometimes its better NOT to be in someone's life or be far away from that person especially if all that person has done is to hurt you, unless you're a sadistic person, so I have no further comment.
Sometimes, this quote could be somewhat true, as most of the time it applies to our loved ones, especially when we are far away from them. So when we meet them again, we love them and appreciate them even more.
For my part, I would say this quote doesn't really make sense in my life. I guess I never really like someone till being away from them would only make me love them more. One could say I am a very heartless person. Oh well, I won't deny it. Throughout my life, no one really earned that position, you could say they misuse it. At first, I thought I would miss them when we were going to be apart, but things just change so rapidly.
In a blink of an eye, they have found a NEW best friend and they act as if they do not know me at all.
Welcome to my life. I am still searching for that special someone though. My heart yearns for that feeling, I don't really know what it's like to miss someone so badly.
A good authentic example was during a class farewell dinner. Everyone was sobbing and near tears, as we were never going to meet each other again. I tried, believe me, to be touched and cry, but no tears came out. Personally, I don't feel that i will miss any of them. True, they are friends, but that's that. Anyway, I feel that absence from someone's life is a good thing. It gives you time to think things through, whether that person is really worth missing or not. So far, I don't think anyone is worth my tears, after all they've put me through, I say ADIOS!!
I don't care if I don't have anyone near me because I prefer a sincere friend than people who try to be my friend just to get something out of it.
(Me... waiting for that someone) ^-^
(I do have people who I am missing right now, and those are friends, though a few but they have been with me through thick and thin, and indeed, Absence DO makes the heart grows fonder) ^-^