--- title: "12 Stayed Long Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Stayed Long quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Stayed Long sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/gregory-maguire-547_long_and-there-the-wicked-witch-stayed-for-a_1085789.png" --- > [And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/and-there-the-wicked-witch-stayed-for-a-long-long-time-did-she-ever/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/gregory-maguire-547_long_and-there-the-wicked-witch-stayed-for-a_1085789.png) > [Before I leave this world for good, I want you to know that you are the reason I stayed so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie/before-i-leave-this-world-for-good-i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are/) [Leslie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/leslie-1800_broken-heart_before-i-leave-this-world-for-good-i-wan_240911.jpg) > [I guess I am crazy. There's no other explanation for why I stayed with you for so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristina/i-guess-i-am-crazy-there-s-no-other-explanation-for-why-i-stayed-with/) Kristina [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/kristina-67793_being-cheated-on_i-guess-i-am-crazy-there-s-no-other-expl_2734788.jpg) > [We stayed a long, long time, to see you, to meet you, to see you at last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/we-stayed-a-long-long-time-to-see-you-to-meet-you-to-see-you-at-last/) [Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/sufjan-stevens-5325_inspirational_we-stayed-a-long-long-time-to-see-you-to_754396.jpg) > [Baby I stayed with you so long that I lost myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/letoya-luckett/baby-i-stayed-with-you-so-long-that-i-lost-myself/) [Letoya Luckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/letoya-luckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/letoya-luckett-3498_lost-myself_baby-i-stayed-with-you-so-long-that-i-lo_1333700.jpg) > [The memories stayed with him for so long, and stayed vivid. And it didn't matter to me that he'd already repeated that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-davis/the-memories-stayed-with-him-for-so-long-and-stayed-vivid-and-it-didn/) [Patti Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/patti-davis-9012_forever_the-memories-stayed-with-him-for-so-long_1245140.png) > [“I shouldn't have stayed as long as I did, but I wanted to hold her while she slept. I wanted her to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-leighton/i-shouldn-t-have-stayed-as-long-as-i-did-but-i-wanted-to-hold-her/) [M. Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-leighton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/m-leighton-786_quote_i-shouldn-t-have-stayed-as-long-as-i-did_1219283.jpg) > [We never stayed anywhere for long. Southport, Blackpool, Bristol, Essex - we moved all the time. I went to dozens of schools.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-evans/we-never-stayed-anywhere-for-long-southport-blackpool-bristol-essex/) [Lee Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/lee-evans-4645_always_we-never-stayed-anywhere-for-long-southp_252781.png) > [Because, you know, it's never a hard work when you enjoy yourself. Look, I've been here since 57 years, and I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hench/because-you-know-it-s-never-a-hard-work-when-you-enjoy-yourself-look/) [John Hench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hench/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/john-hench-16223_always_because-you-know-it-s-never-a-hard-work_2026165.png) > [“There was an old Qeng Ho saying, ‘You know you’ve stayed too long when you start using the locals’ calendar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-was-an-old-qeng-ho-saying-you-know-you-ve-stayed-too-long-when/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/anonymous-1_long_there-was-an-old-qeng-ho-saying-you-know_2555429.jpg) > [I stayed in L.A. long enough to get on my feet, and then I moved back to New York. The reason I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-stayed-in-l-a-long-enough-to-get-on-my-feet-and-then-i-moved-back/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/iggy-pop-3990_active_i-stayed-in-l-a-long-enough-to-get-on-my_17901.png) > [We came to fear something more complicated than death, an annihilation less final but more complete, and we got out. Becausewe all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/we-came-to-fear-something-more-complicated-than-death-an-annihilation/) [Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/michael-herr-21675_annihilation_we-came-to-fear-something-more-complicat_2926294.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stayed-long/#itemlist", "name": "Stayed Long Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' 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