--- title: "7 Deserting Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Deserting quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Deserting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/henri-matisse-1641_english_when-i-saw-what-a-mess-everything-was-in_45052.jpg" --- > [When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-saw-what-a-mess-everything-was-in-i-asked-for-my-money-back-on/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/henri-matisse-1641_english_when-i-saw-what-a-mess-everything-was-in_45052.jpg) > [When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/when-our-vices-desert-us-we-flatter-ourselves-that-we-are-deserting/) [Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_age_when-our-vices-desert-us-we-flatter-ours_270742.png) > [Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/wives-invariably-flourish-when-deserted-it-is-the-deserting-male-the/) [William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/william-mcfee-20867_deserted_wives-invariably-flourish-when-deserted_1263820.jpg) > [We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-cannot-defend-freedom-abroad-by-deserting-it-at-home/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/edward-r-murrow-7369_freedom_we-cannot-defend-freedom-abroad-by-deser_1831354.jpg) > [Where are you my heart is searching but my mind is deserting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalya-johnson/where-are-you-my-heart-is-searching-but-my-mind-is-deserting/) [Natalya Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalya-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/natalya-johnson-703_psychology_where-are-you-my-heart-is-searching-but_2330014.jpg) > [I'm getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/i-m-getting-very-old-and-my-bones-ache-my-sins-are-deserting-me-and/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/dorothy-l-sayers-738_ache_i-m-getting-very-old-and-my-bones-ache-m_2897987.jpg) > [I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malachy-mccourt/i-was-not-a-good-father-in-my-first-marriage-although-there-are-ways/) [Malachy McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malachy-mccourt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/malachy-mccourt-10845_deserted_i-was-not-a-good-father-in-my-first-marr_3094872.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deserting/#itemlist", "name": "Deserting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was deserting. 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