490 Quotes About Separation

Now Jesus Christ was in the world. He was in contact with the world. He was amongst the Pharisees and the publicans and the sinners, but He was not of them. It was more a separation of spirit than a separation of body, and if we follow Him we shall find out what real separation from the world is.

Would I be able to live without his hand on my tummy or around my hips? Without kissing and licking a wound on his hip that would take weeks to heal, but away from me now? Whom else would I ever be able to call by my name?There would be others, of course, and others after others, but calling them by my name in a moment of passion would feel like a derived thrill, an affectation.

Like Humpty Dumpty, in the old nursery rhyme, putting the country back together again would not be easy. This feeling of separation and alienation was not a passing thought but lived into the next century.

I want Billowy too. And the espadrilles. And the sunglasses. And you.

Silver linings abound: I always knew I loved my son, but you certainly get a “perspective-check” when you go through a parting like that. His despair is tough to bear witness to, but reinforces how dearly he loves me. It strengthens my already tough resolve to remain as a positive influence in his life, despite the geographic distance between us.

Wait for me, Kath. Coming soon. I feel it in my bones.

Come she saidStay she saidSmile she saidDie she saidI cameI stayedI smiledI died- Vera

No sooner did we start than it all came to an end.

Separation is not fatal.