Quotes About Abandonment

One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.

Thus while the ground of justification is the death of Christ, the means by which justification becomes efficacious to the individual is faith.29 Justification is a gift bestowed to be received by faith (Rom. 3:24, 25). Faith means acceptance of this work of God in Christ, complete reliance upon it, and an utter abandonment of one's own works as the grounds of justification

Discipleship, therefore, must necessarily be an uncomfortable process of reorientation and of abandonment of the self-centered values of human society in favor of the divine economy, in which "Many who are first will be last, and the last first" (10:31).

You threw him away. Sloppy, Hugh.

Hugh was abandoned by everyone in his life." Her words rang out. "His parents, his teacher, his surrogate father. They all threw him away. He trusted us. He sacrificed himself to save us. This is his home. I'm his wife. I will not abandon him. Bring the cows.

Arland had abandoned her the first chance he got. What did you expect? Did you expect he would come and take you by the hand and lead you to a seat at the host table? Yes. The answer was yes. Maud didn't expect it, but she wanted it. Stupid.

They're overexcited, that's obvious. Admirably disciplined and, I think, no rebellion in their hearts. I swear here and now never again to take out my bitterness, no matter how justifiable, on a group of people, whatever their race, religion, convictions, prejudices, errors. I feel sorry for these poor children. But I cannot forgive certain individuals, those who reject me, those who coldly abandon us, those who are prepared to stab you in the back.

I am out of the saga, he thought. He had a heavy sense of being left in total isolation; everyone had withdrawn from him and the person who could most have helped him was pre-empted by another.

Your best friends are in trouble and you say 'of course' and forget them instantly.

I'm as lonely as a lunatic.

I am sunk in the wreck of myself . . . I live in myself like a mouse inside a ruin.

Curiously watched by people in neighbouring cars, she abandoned herself to sobbing as the taxi crawled slowly through the north London traffic.

There is something compelling about the sound of a fountain in a deserted place. It murmurs about what things do when no one watches them. It is the hearing of an unheard sound.

Depois de sumir, o melhor é continuar assim; voltar é se rematerializar na loucura alheia.

Óóó. É sempre bom abandonar alguém que diz que gostaria de ver você de novo, porque inevitavelmente chegaria o dia em que você ia ter que abandonar essa pessoa porque ela não quer ver você de novo.

No era un dolor de músculos entumecidos, sino de tristezas acumuladas y de abandono

I felt the strength of his desire, his hands at my waist, at the back of my neck, in my hair, his lips on my face and neck; I caught his young man's scent, heard his voice murmuring my name, and I felt blessed. How could I in less than a minute go from the sadness of having been abandoned to the joy of feeling loved?

Sa nu-ti treaca cumva prin cap sa mori si sa ma lasi infinit de orfana.

she goes and dies on me, betraying me before I can fulfill my dreams, and leaving me with this incurable despair.

Lucia argued something similar. She gave as an example the Chihuahua, Marcelo, who lived eternally grateful in the present, accepting whatever might happen without worrying about any future misfortune that might add to all those he had previously encountered in his life as an abandoned dog. "Too

que sus espíritus se expandían, que los deseos y la memoria desaparecían, que se abandonaban en una sola inmensa claridad. Se abrazaron en ese extraordinario espacio reconociéndose, porque tal vez habían estado allí juntos en vidas anteriores y lo estarían muchas veces más en vidas futuras, como sugirió Tao Chi'en. Eran

They all agreed that under communism they had been just as poor, but at least there was food and security, whereas independence had brought them only ruin and abandonment.

Se vorbeste mereu de cat de mult iubeste o femeie, insa rareori de cat de mult a fost ea iubita. Am primit multa dragoste. Nici un barbat nu m-a parasit – un noroc incredibil, nu-i asa? N-a fost nevoie sa ucid pe nimeni din gelozie sau ciuda. (din "Viata si spirit")

From the Bronx to Buffalo, cities and towns in New York have been plagued by what are commonly called zombie properties. These are homes that residents abandon - often after they have received a foreclosure notice - which then languish, uncared-for, until the foreclosure process is complete.