Leaving Us Quotes
33 quotes by 31 authors
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the…
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of adulthood. Armour encumbers,…
— Steven Erikson
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I have this pet thing about how global communications are moving so fast now, throwing information at you, making everything available to you, and yet…
— Mike Rutherford
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Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this…
— Pablo Neruda
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The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
— Douglas Hurd
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A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots,…
— John Welwood
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Quantum Leap Thinking [is] an opportunity to get our energy out and target it in the direction of great productivity, leaving us with a feeling…
— Leon Tec
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With such global events looming over us like mountains, nay, like entire mountain ranges, it may seem incongruous and inappropriate to recall that the primary…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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And sometimes, when the stars are kind, we read with an intake of breath, with a shudder, as if someone or something had 'walked over…
— Alberto Manguel
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I hope and pray that mother nature is leaving us alone to get on with the job of cleaning up and recovering from this event.
— Anna Bligh
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If... God highly exalted Christ because He humbled Himself, suffered dishonour, was tempted and endured a shameful cross and death for our sake, how will…
— Gregory Palamas
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Kindness is something that I feel is leaving us a little bit - people are getting more self-involved.
— Cobie Smulders
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Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
— Mick Jagger
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For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who 'we' is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion…
— Alex Steffen
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Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things…
— James Surowiecki
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the…
— Banksy
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Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. When goodness removes itself, the space it…
— Gregory Maguire
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This is the meanest thing anyone’s ever done to me,†I said, through my tear-clogged throat. “I want you to know that.†But even as…
— Jennifer Weiner
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Thinking about time is to acknowledge two contradictory certainties: that our outward lives are governed by the seasons and the clock; that our inward lives…
— Jeanette Winterson
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I wonder whether she was sorry for leaving us behind.
— Lauren Oliver
Who Wrote These Leaving Us Quotes
31 authors contributed a total of 33 Leaving Us Quotes, led by these top contributors: