464 Quotes About Leaving

  • Author GennaRose Nethercott
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    No matter who you are, all you are ever doing is leaving or being left or acting as the impetus to leave. Again, & again, & again. This is every story.This is the trinity.

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  • Author Jerry Pinto
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    And then Em too would die and I would be alone and the whole world would be different. I had no idea how, but it would, because I would finally have space to myself and then I could exercise the choice to do as I pleased and when I pleased instead of waiting for a stolen moment in the busy life of this 1BHK.And now the world expanded as people left the flat. As we opened the door together, I discovered departures make the world smaller, slighter, less significant.

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  • Author Rachel Cusk
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    Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.

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  • Author Anne Rice
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    Goodbye, darling, would I could leave you with something, some little thing...''You leave me with all I'll ever need,' she said softly. There was resignation in her voice. 'You leave me with some hours that other women must make up or read about in stories.

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  • Author Haruki Murakami
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    I sometimes wonder: IF you and I had met under absolutely ordinary circumstances, and IF we had liked each other, what would have happened? IF I had been normal and you had been normal (which, of course, you are) and there had been no Kizuki, what would havehappened? Of course, this "IF is way too big. I'm trying hard at least to be fair and honest. It's all I can do this point. I hope to convey some small part of my feelings to you this way.

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  • Author Bon Iver
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    When you're out, tell your lucky oneTo know that you'll leaveDon't you lock when you're fleeingI'd like not to hear keysOnly hold till your coffee warmsBut don't hurry and speed

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  • Author A.E. Wasp
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    Look," Connor said. "I don't know what's gonna happen in the morning. We'll deal with that then. But if I've only got a little bit of time left with you, I want to remember the way you look in my bed.

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