Leaving Quotes

1928 Leaving quotes by 1411 unique authors

No encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had not opened since… — Andre Gide
And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation. — John Green
There are books which we read early in life, which sink into our consciousness and seem to disappear without leaving a trace. And then one… — Anais Nin
When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all are… — John Cage
...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me and I am… — John Green
He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I'm not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know I'm a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good… — Lynn Austin
The inability to live in the present lies in the fear of leaving the sheltered position of anticipation or memory, and so of admitting that… — Alain de Botton
That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way. — Haruki Murakami
She raised her eyebrows in a look that she hoped conveyed how much she was all right with him leaving her. After all, he was… — Marissa Meyer
Coming and going I am leaving. I will go and come. Leaving has come to me. We all, shall all, will all be left. Because… — Don DeLillo
my heart would swell without warning, and tremble, and lurch with a stab of pain. I would try clamping my eyes shut and gritting my… — Haruki Murakami
You must take care to light the matches one at a time. If a powerful emotion should ignite them all at once, they would produce… — Laura Esquivel
Tegus, I'm leaving this book behind for you, so you will know the why of it all, and maybe you'll forgive me, or maybe you'll… — Shannon Hale
Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye. — David Mitchell
For any kind of reading I think better than leaving a blank still a blank, because the mind must receive a degree of enlargement and… — Mary Wollstonecraft
A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better. — Pittacus Lore
She didn't want soft and gentle. She needed his rough possession, claiming her, branding her, taking her in a firestorm of heat and flame that… — Christine Feehan
Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it. — John Banville
They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving, — Richard Russo
There are all these people here I don't know by sight or by name. And we pass alongside each other and don't have any connection.… — Carson McCullers
He’s sort of a homeless horse,” I said. “I’m leaving for the airport in two seconds, and I won’t be back for a couple days.… — Janet Evanovich
Where do you live?" Adam's mouth was very set. "A place made for leaving" "That's not really an answer." "It's not really a place. — Maggie Stiefvater
From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to… — Justina Chen

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