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Perhaps the absence made his heart grow fonder.

A shorter distance apparently makes the heart grow fonder.

Sutter also defended Ryan’s posts, one of which included a black-and-white Mother’s Day message: “They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

The cliche that absence makes the heart grow fonder is apt here, in more ways than one.

Of course, absence makes the heart grow fonder: her lead single “Yes, And?” brought her into new sonic territory — house-informed pop music — and immediately shot up to No. 1.