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Quotes About Away

Grace is not a universal solvent to wash away God's standards.
~ Bryan Chapell
With that, the owl-eyed goddess flew away like a bird, up through the smoke.
~ Homer
Hair on a man's head is like the opposite of salt in a dish; you can take it away but you can't add it in.
~ Iain Banks
For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow it away.
~ Iain Pears
After the Grisha Trilogy, I think I was a little burned out on 'chosen one' narratives and I wanted to take a big step away from that.
~ Leigh Bardugo
A lot of celebrities golf because they want to be away. For them it's a chance to get away and be peaceful. For me it's peaceful to ride [cycling].
~ Robin Williams
I know a little bit about handicapping. If the horse has an IV, you want to stay - away from it.
~ Paula Poundstone
When those dreams in that unreachable future suddenly rise up around you, how can you not be blinded to their truths? All at once, it is here. All at once, you are living in its very midst. Why then must you seek to pull away? He
~ Steven Erikson
Nature,' intoned Daint, 'always finds a balance. Why disrupt such a delicate situation?' 'I've seen horses run away when you look at them sidelong, Daint.
~ Steven Erikson
It slowly dawned on the thief that a duel was but moments away.
~ Steven Erikson
When faiths take knife in hand, surely every god must turn away.
~ Steven Erikson
Oh, I say, if we were meant to come back to God, why were we sent out, why were we sent away? I wish for innocence more than anything, but I am conscious only of corruption.
~ Stevie Smith
Was it an awakening to the bizarreness of the world that instigated their flight, or was curiosity a consequence of their running away?
~ Storm Constantine
Life is wealth and relationships are wealth. Domination, subjugation, exploitation, and the luxury of looking away is a poverty of the soul.
~ Sun Yung Shin
You expect to have to soak up some pressure when you are playing Manchester City away from home.
~ Gary Cahill
I miss the BBC when I'm away. I'm away so much that it's a pleasure just walking back through the door and sitting on the sofa to watch some rubbish TV.
~ Geraint Thomas
Crazy was better than in love. You could walk away from crazy without regrets.
~ Starr Ambrose, Lie to Me
How could he maintain the apology in his eyes without getting carried away by her cherubic innocence?
~ Faraaz Kazi
Love must have wings to fly away from love And to fly back again.
~ Edwin Arlington Robinson
Love is like a shining light in the darkness, closing eyes to pretend you didn't see it will not wash it away.
~ Jean Nshimiyimana
If misery were water, he thinks as he climbs into his car and turns the key, I could just drown or let it wash me away entirely.
~ Dennis Sharpe, Distant Thunder
Blowing,Blowing The gray slabs Will lose you the winds will flick you away In a whiff
~ Carl Sandburg
the best thing to do was let the water flow; in time the river would carry the bad blood away.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Don't they look like ancient island princesses, marked out for sacrifice? Sent away for the sake of the islanders, to be given to the sea?
~ Caroline B. Cooney