Leaving Quotes

1928 Leaving quotes by 1411 unique authors

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten… — Robert Jordan
Her mind was an hotel where facts came and went like transient lodgers, without leaving their address behind, and frequently without paying for their board. — Edith Wharton
A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children — Markus Zusak
After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind… — N.D. Wilson
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Excellent." As soon as Bergman left earshot Vayl said, "I am going to buy you some pom-poms and a short pleated skirt-" Hey, if Bergman… — Jennifer Rardin
Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if… — Immanuel Kant
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a… — E L Konigsburg
And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promise to keep breathing, to notice sunshine, to… — Sharon Shinn
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. — Elizabeth Gilbert
In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the clouds from the… — Augusten Burroughs
He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back. — Sarah Dessen
All that Ruby said was so horribly true, she was leaving everything she cared for. She had laid up her treasures on earth only. She… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion… — Brandon Sanderson
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was… — Curtis Sittenfeld
I hear there are people who actually enjoy moving. Sounds like a disease to me - they must be unstable. Though it does have it’s… — Jan Neruda
Perforation! Shout it out! The deliberate punctuated weakening of paper and cardboard so that it will tear along an intended path, leaving a row of… — Nicholson Baker
I'm convinced true fulfillment is living in God's world one day at a time, savoring it, leaving today's disapointments behind and borrowing no troubles from… — Olive Ann Burns
We couldn't understand because we were too far... and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, those ages that… — Joseph Conrad
I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade… — Kate Morton
I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the… — Karen Cushman
She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal… — Jodi Picoult
And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing our strings cross… — John Green
And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I hated leaving a hole in the smoking world, and so I recruited someone to take my place. People have given me a lot of… — David Sedaris

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