--- title: "10 Night Left Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Night Left quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Night Left sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/esmeralda-santiago-26491_first-sentence_the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrot_2739498.png" --- > [“The night before I left my mother, I wrote a letter. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrote-a-letter/) [Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/esmeralda-santiago-26491_first-sentence_the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrot_2739498.png) > [“the night after you left i woke up so broken the only place to put the pieces were the bags under my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/the-night-after-you-left-i-woke-up-so-broken-the-only-place-to-put/) [Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/rupi-kaur-909_quote_the-night-after-you-left-i-woke-up-so-br_1370760.jpg) > [“You were the one choice I made for myself. And that one choice was taken away from me, because the night I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-k-larsen/you-were-the-one-choice-i-made-for-myself-and-that-one-choice-was/) [Annette K. Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-k-larsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/annette-k-larsen-80288_choice_you-were-the-one-choice-i-made-for-mysel_996453.jpg) > [Last night you left me and slept your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn and turn. I say, 'You and I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/last-night-you-left-me-and-slept-your-own-deep-sleep-tonight-you-turn/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/rumi-56_deep-sleep_last-night-you-left-me-and-slept-your-ow_732541.jpg) > [“The night before I left home, there was the wake in our kitchen as was the custom for anyone going so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/the-night-before-i-left-home-there-was-the-wake-in-our-kitchen-as-was/) [Edna O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/edna-o-brien-2155_left-home_the-night-before-i-left-home-there-was-t_888630.png) > [“On that night I was left with only the truth that nothing of our personality survives after death, that in the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/on-that-night-i-was-left-with-only-the-truth-that-nothing-of-our/) [Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/gary-shteyngart-2177_after-death_on-that-night-i-was-left-with-only-the-t_3076616.png) > [Not a single star will be left in the night. The night will not be left. I will die and, with me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/not-a-single-star-will-be-left-in-the-night-the-night-will-not-be/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/jorge-luis-borges-275_astronomy_not-a-single-star-will-be-left-in-the-ni_438498.jpg) > [“There was always a big party on the night before anyone left for the States. They called it an American wake, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-moreton/there-was-always-a-big-party-on-the-night-before-anyone-left-for-the/) [Cole Moreton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-moreton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/cole-moreton-228904_business_there-was-always-a-big-party-on-the-nigh_3218531.jpg) > [“She thinks of the way they stood together near the bathroom, how it seemed like they'd been on the brink of something,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/she-thinks-of-the-way-they-stood-together-near-the-bathroom-how-it/) [Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/jennifer-e-smith-1454_left-behind_she-thinks-of-the-way-they-stood-togethe_1514902.jpg) > [“The night I left home I felt that I had been tricked or trapped into going - and not even by Mrs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/the-night-i-left-home-i-felt-that-i-had-been-tricked-or-trapped-into/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/jeanette-winterson-166_black-hole_the-night-i-left-home-i-felt-that-i-had_2295661.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night-left/#itemlist", "name": "Night Left Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The night before I left my mother, I wrote a letter. ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Esmeralda Santiago" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrote-a-letter/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/esmeralda-santiago-26491_first-sentence_the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrot_2739498.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/esmeralda-santiago-26491_first-sentence_the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrot_2739498.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/esmeralda-santiago-26491_first-sentence_the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrot_2739498.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The night before I left my mother, I wrote a letter.” — Esmeralda Santiago", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the night after you left i woke up so broken the only place to put the pieces were the bags under my eyes”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rupi Kaur" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/the-night-after-you-left-i-woke-up-so-broken-the-only-place-to-put/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/rupi-kaur-909_quote_the-night-after-you-left-i-woke-up-so-br_1370760.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/rupi-kaur-909_quote_the-night-after-you-left-i-woke-up-so-br_1370760.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/rupi-kaur-909_quote_the-night-after-you-left-i-woke-up-so-br_1370760.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the night after you left i woke up so broken the only place to put the pieces were the bags under my eyes” — Rupi Kaur", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You were the one choice I made for myself. 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