Abandonment Quotes

154 Abandonment quotes by 144 unique authors

In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution, an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint. — Jonathan Sacks
I was single for a really long time, then I realized I had abandonment issues. Then I found love online. — Patti Stanger
Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature. — Orson Welles
Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our circumstances - perhaps… — John Piper
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble… — Victor Hugo
...the gym is a kind of wildlife preserve for bodily exertion. A preserve protects species whose habitat is vanishing elsewhere, and the gym (and home… — Rebecca Solnit
Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time, and sometimes it seemed to me that her abandonment touched… — Graham Greene
Juno MacGuff: "Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings worse than your abandonment. — Diablo Cody
I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for… — George Orwell
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and… — Pope Benedict XVI
Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime. — Mineko Iwasaki
No class or group or party in Germany could escape its share of responsibility for the abandonment of the democratic Republic and the advent of… — William L. Shirer
I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me; yet outside… — George MacDonald
We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception… — Brother Lawrence
My blood rose, mixing with my lingering fear of the unknown to drive her to a fever pitch. Her lips touched my lower neck and… — Kim Harrison
Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved… — Agatha Christie
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal. — Malcolm X
The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of… — Heather Brewer
So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and… — Anna Godbersen
People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden… — Delphine de Vigan
No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment. — Markus Zusak
Then there is the matter of my mother's abandonment of me. Again, this is the common experience. They walk ahead of us, and walk too… — Marilynne Robinson
Those who were on the inside, the majority that is, for them it had been hard to get his point, mostly they were just pleased… — Peter HÃ¸eg
Do not tell everyone your story. You will only end up feeling more rejected. People cannot give you what you long for in your heart.… — Henri Nouwen

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