Best Departure Lines

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If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we… — Loren Eiseley
The irony is that while God doesn't need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don't really want Him most of the… — Francis Chan
After departure, only invisible things are left, perhaps the life of the world is held together by invisible chains of memory and loss and love.… — James A. Baldwin
I watched her departure, as one watches a sunset. She went like a radiance through the dark wood, which was henceforth bright to me, from… — George MacDonald
The first commandment for every good explorer is that an expedition has two points: the point of departure and the point of arrival. If your… — Che Guevara
We rest; a dream has power to poison sleep. We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day. We feel, conceive, or reason; laugh or weep,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
In a few more days I'd anticipated telling Veronika that our injections had cured her heart condition. But in light of her unscheduled departure form… — Paulo Coelho
...it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure; and… — Charlotte Bronte
What do you mean, Araluen? Death?" Halt made a careless gesture. "The usual, I suppose: the sudden cessation of life. The end of it all.… — John Flanagan
Suddenness," he says. " You do not prepare, you do not explain, you do not apologize. Suddenly, you go. And with you, you take all… — Tea Obreht
Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the… — Richard Francis Burton
-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting. — Epictetus
The first morning after Westley's departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. After… — William Goldman
A sneeze travels at a peak velocity of two hundred miles per hour. A burp, more slowly; a fart, slower yet. But a kiss thrown… — Tom Robbins
Meditation upon death does not teach one how to die; it does not make the departure more easy, but ease is not what I seek.… — Marguerite Yourcenar
For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure. — Eduardo Galeano
She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The urge to travel feels magnetic. Two of my favorite words are linked: departure time. And travel whets the emotions, turns upside down the memory… — Frances Mayes
Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return. — Dejan Stojanovic
I had hoped, at my departure, I would feel sure and knowledgeable about everything that lay ahead -- after all, I had been "analyzed." Instead,… — Sylvia Plath
I am magnificently prepared for the long littleness of life. There is diddley-squat for me to look forward to. Zilch, zero, zip-all, sweet lipperty-pipperty nothing.… — Stephen Fry
If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation.… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases,and… — Napoleon Hill
let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation; let our minds come alive; enter another dimension; go beyond the stars eagerly struggling to find that...… — Muhammad Iqbal
I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister this century. When… — Tony Benn

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