Parting Quotes

186 quotes by 160 authors

For it is humanly certain that most of us remember very little of what we have read. To open almost any book a second time… — Siegfried Sassoon
Exhaustion has a way of parting the veils between men, not so much because the effort of censoring their words exceeds them, but because weariness… — R. Scott Bakker
I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In… — Kit Williams
In parting, I would like to give you one small piece of advice to keep in your heart. You may have heard me say this… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not our mother, initiate… — Judith Viorst
Look, lovers: almost separately they come towards us through the flowery grass and slowly; parting's so far from thought of, they indulge the extravagance of… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you. — Rainer Maria Rilke
This guy (Pat Robertson) obviously wants to be a prophet so bad. I wonder if he walks around at home dressed up in a bed… — Pat Condell
Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple… — Sarah Kay
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves… — Thomas Gray
Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded… — Robert Baden-Powell
When you came into this world you cried, whereas everyone else rejoiced. During your lifetime, work and serve in such a way that when it… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Meeting someone is God's doing, but parting is what humans do themselves. — Moto Hagio
Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair... come the revolution the backs will be the… — Peter FitzSimons
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of… — Akkineni Nagarjuna
Weep if you must Parting is hell But life goes on So sing as well. — Joyce Grenfell
There's nobody living who couldn't stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall .... Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile… — Agnes Martin
Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come. Take thy farewell, poor world! Heaven must go home. . . . — Richard Crashaw
In many ways the culmination of [Judith Butler's] thinking to date, 'Parting Ways' will confirm Butler's place at the forefront of debate about one of… — Jacqueline Rose
From meetings and partings none can ever escape. Nor from magic. — Neil Gaiman

Who Wrote These Parting Quotes

160 authors contributed a total of 186 Parting Quotes, led by these top contributors: