--- title: "7 Left London Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Left London quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Left London sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/james-maker-87314_interesting_i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-b_272385.jpg" --- > [“I left London to migrate to Manchester because at that time it was -- if you had a personality disorder and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-maker/i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-because-at-that-time-it-was-if/) [James Maker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-maker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/james-maker-87314_interesting_i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-b_272385.jpg) > [“Miss, I’m sure lots of women think of running away when men disappoint us. But if all of us was to actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/miss-i-m-sure-lots-of-women-think-of-running-away-when-men-disappoint/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/loretta-chase-2027_feminism_miss-i-m-sure-lots-of-women-think-of-run_326810.png) > [I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/i-left-london-in-1992-but-i-m-there-3-4-times-a-year-and-love-visiting/) [Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/jonathan-ive-3015_and-love_i-left-london-in-1992-but-i-m-there-3-4_363061.png) > [When I left London and my parents split up it crushed me, to be honest. It was really, really hard for me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-bent/when-i-left-london-and-my-parents-split-up-it-crushed-me-to-be-honest/) [Darren Bent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-bent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/darren-bent-6427_crying_when-i-left-london-and-my-parents-split_493496.jpg) > [At 21 I was all over the place, I had no direction, I left London because I was getting into loads of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-blades/at-21-i-was-all-over-the-place-i-had-no-direction-i-left-london/) [Jay Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-blades/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/jay-blades-5811_direction_at-21-i-was-all-over-the-place-i-had-no_2208582.jpg) > [“This unreal feeling was heightened when, after half an hour, she reached another High Street, more or less the same as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/this-unreal-feeling-was-heightened-when-after-half-an-hour-she/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/ian-mcewan-494_left-behind_this-unreal-feeling-was-heightened-when_2669097.jpg) > [“She left the cafe, and as she walked along the Common she felt the distance widen between her and another self, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/she-left-the-cafe-and-as-she-walked-along-the-common-she-felt-the/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/ian-mcewan-494_left-behind_she-left-the-cafe-and-as-she-walked-alon_3025084.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-london/#itemlist", "name": "Left London Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I left London to migrate to Manchester because at that time it was -- if you had a personality disorder and a good record collection -- the most interesting place to be in the world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Maker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-maker/i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-because-at-that-time-it-was-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/james-maker-87314_interesting_i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-b_272385.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/james-maker-87314_interesting_i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-b_272385.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/james-maker-87314_interesting_i-left-london-to-migrate-to-manchester-b_272385.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I left London to migrate to Manchester because at that time it was -- if you had a personality disorder and…” — James Maker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Miss, I’m sure lots of women think of running away when men disappoint us. 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