Quotes About Abandonment

mother into leaving twelve and a half million dollars to the Foundation of Being. And not a damned thing to the only child she'd ever had. Ten years ago Rachel might

Not invade her privacy! Just sit back and give up on her, as if she were a missing pet or mitten, or dropped penny.

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.

Predators and prey and ruin—it's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender.

Maintaining his solitude... 'I'd rather be abandoned than engulfed

Suppose now, not to give them flour, lard. Just dead inside

1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion. 2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done. 3. There is no editing stage. 4. Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so accept that you know what you're doing even if you don't and do it. 5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.

And the pain she'd felt all those years before hadn't been so much that he'd left, but that he didn't love her enough to stay.

I had not said anything about what had happened the day before—about being scared down to my very bones when I thought they had left me. I don't know what came over me. Ever since my mother left us that April day, I suspected that everyone was going to leave, one by one.

It is not. Mom loves me, and she would not leave me without any explanation. And then her father began to cry.

If that's how you'd rather remember it. But I did not mean that as a reproach. I do not, in truth, think less of you for having the common sense to abandon a ship once waves began to break over the bow. Nor, after sixteen years shut away from the sun, am I likely to find tears to spare for Henry Plantagenet.

On a reservation, Indian men who abandon their children are treated worse than white fathers who do the same thing. It's because white men have been doing that forever and Indian men have just learned how. That's how assimilation can work.

If you weren't good for making food, shelter, or babies, then you were tossed out on your own.

What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron)

Then he will be called Acheron for the River of Woe. Like the river of the Underworld, his journey shall be dark, long and enduring. He will be able to give life and to take it. He will walk through his life alone and abandoned – ever seeking kindness and ever finding cruelty. May the gods have mercy on you, little one. No one else ever will. (Oracle)

Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone.

It's been a full week since she left and all you've done is sulk like a dying cow. (Kish)

Your father abandoned us. (Zephyra) I know. You've told me that enough that it's permanently seared into my brain. Still, he's a part of me and I'd like to have closure. (Medea) You really need to stop watching Oprah. (Zephyra)

Fine. You win. I quit. You two deal with this. I'm going home. Packing up all my personal items, and when you, Caleb, end up dead because the coach has your jockstrap or something else I didn't steal but someone else did, don't call me. I'm done and I'm going to hide in a bunker until all of this is over with." – Nick "I hate you, Nick." – Caleb "Feels mutual, Demon." – Nick

People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it.

Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone. (Acheron)

Even the Devil may cry when he looks around Hell and realizes he's alone.

Help is all they ever say, Even though it seldom stays. It'll leave you too you'll see And then alone you will bleed. (Leta)