Exile Quotes

244 Exile quotes by 202 unique authors

No matter where I go or what title I may achieve, I will always be the son of exiles. — Marco Rubio
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of… — Salman Rushdie
The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives… — Delmore Schwartz
I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time… — Zadie Smith
Pursuing employment or climatic relief, we live in voluntary exile from our extended families and our longer past, but in an involuntary exile from ourselves… — John Thorn
Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance. — Richard von Weizsaecker
What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive… — Martin Amis
The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner. — Italo Calvino
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight… — Maya Angelou
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe,… — James Joyce
They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose. — Albert Camus
How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build… — E. M. Forster
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return. — Simone de Beauvoir
The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground,… — Wendell Berry
We all carry within us places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. Our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to… — Albert Camus
Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and… — Michel de Montaigne
It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the… — Edwidge Danticat
Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way. — Martin Buber
Who knew that better than I, who had presided over the death of my own body, seeing all I called human wither and die only… — Anne Rice
Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see, Yet wherever thou art shall seem Erin to me; In exile thy bosom shall still… — Thomas Moore
Human skin is porous; the world flows through you. Your senses are large pores that let the world in. By being attuned to the wisdom… — John O'Donohue
Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who… — Khalil Gibran
In my case, I think my exile saved my life, for it inexorably confirmed something which Americans appear to have great difficulty accepting. Which is,… — James A. Baldwin
By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we… — Sharon Salzberg
All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from… — Charlotte Bronte

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