Exile Quotes

244 Exile quotes by 202 unique authors

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters. — Diane Ackerman
We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside,… — Diane Ackerman
Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it… — James A. Baldwin
I know how men in exile feed on dreams. — Aeschylus
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for… — Joseph Brodsky
Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything. — Willa Cather
I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile. — Isabel Allende
It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his… — Stephen Vincent Benet
To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what… — Albert Camus
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,… — Primo Levi
Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile. — Oscar Wilde
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against… — Khalil Gibran
If there is anything that can bind the heavenly mind of man to this dreary exile of our earthly home and can reconcile us with… — Johannes Kepler
In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of… — Albert Camus
It's been the most astonishing year because I've been having a marvelous adventure, and yet I kind of sympathize with people who have to live… — Richard Griffiths
O marvelous Sacrament! How can I find words to praise you! You are the life of the soul, the medicament healing our wounds, our comforter… — Louis of Granada
The mere passage of time makes us all exiles. — Joyce Carol Oates
They bore within their breasts the grief That fame can never heal- That deep, unutterable woe Which none save exiles feel. — William Edmondstoune Aytoun
The humility of Jesus can be seen in the crib, in the exile to Egypt, in the hidden life, in the inability to make people… — Mother Teresa
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to… — Ibn Taymiyyah
Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that… — Henry Ward Beecher
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the horrors of history,… — Paula Gunn Allen
Reading is the most rewarding form of exile and the most necessary discipline for novelists who burn with the ambition to get better. — Pat Conroy

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