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People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone. — Doris Lessing
Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform. — Diane Setterfield
So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On… — Nicole Krauss
Most of them... most of us never figure it out. Bad dream, they think, or good one. Funny rash, never really goes away, but Doc… — Catherynne M. Valente
Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies … and yet they leave… — William James
This boy has negative charisma. He walks into a room and the oxygen starts to evaporate. I guess that's why girls sleep with him. They… — Emma Forrest
Guys like him, the ones who grip the Bible so tight they leave fingernail grooves, they're the ones who are the most scared of their… — David Wong
Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave — Aesop
This can’t be happening. It’s just not possible. (Cassandra) Oh, well, let’s not have reality intrude now, shall we? I mean, hey, you’re a mythological… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
(Yes teenage boys who are fine always cry on their mothers’ shoulders until they leave a snot trail.) — Jordan Sonnenblick
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight… — Thomas Ligotti
Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But… — Elizabeth Gilbert
When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind. — Jeannette Walls
When trees burn, they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air. — Jodi Thomas
All the tears women shed, they leave no mark on the world... — Marion Zimmer Bradley
If it's true, why do they leave us to live like this? With the hunger and the killings and the Games?" And suddenly I hate… — Suzanne Collins
Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat that… — Osip Mandelstam
Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they… — Jack McDevitt
it isn’t healthy, how wrapped up they are in each other. Relationships like that burn bright, but when they burn out, they leave everyone blistered. — Rachel Vincent
That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for. — Catherynne M. Valente
If you love someone, they leave you. But if you don't love someone, they leave you, too. So your choice isn't between loving and losing… — Steve Rasnic Tem
Feminists do the best Photoshop because they leave the meat on your bones. They don’t change your size or your skin color. They leave in… — Tina Fey
I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more. — Maurice Sendak
I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you… — Vera Nazarian
They leave things behind sometimes, the guests. A bottle of scent. A crumpled handkerchief. A pearl button that fell off a dress and rolled under… — Jennifer Donnelly

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