182 Quotes About Abandonment

The feeling of abandonment overwhelmed me as I realised that no one had waited, or cared where I was.

People left, and if you loved too deeply, too fiercely, their swift and sudden absence could chill you to the soul.

And now she had run into an emptiness more final than any words of rejection. He was gone and would make himself a stranger to her for ever.

How can one who has been abandoned—truly, no one left in sight—be less alone?Before, his answer would have been 'books,' but now he can’t bring himself to believe it. It was a taradiddle wrapped up in weltschmerz, just some defense mechanism to feel better about being an unpopular youth, about being as lonely as he was.

How can one who has been abandoned—truly, no one left in sight—be less alone?Before, his answer would have been “books,” but now he can’t bring himself to believe it. It was a taradiddle wrapped up in weltschmerz, just some defense mechanism to feel better about being an unpopular youth, about being as lonely as he was.

Each drop hits the pavement;A soft, incoherent shatter below.Here I stand in torturous observanceOf this strange disappearing act.

The children's lives would never be the same after today. Their opinions of everything would change, but especially their opinions of themselves, of the durability of love and the truth of their family. They would know forever that their father hadn't loved their mother--or them--enough to stay with them through hard times.

The very places that we presume God not to be are the very places that are filled with His footprints and littered with His fingerprints.

It was then that she realized she still had God. He was the only one who hadn't left her. He knew who she was, even if she didn't. A single tear formed in the corner of her eye as she thanked God for not abandoning her - especially when she needed Him most.