Quotes About Separation

I stare into the distance, where Tate´s Jeep turns off the road and fades from sight. All of a sudden, my chest feels so tight it hurts-I imagine this is the sensation someone gets when they're underwater for too long and out of breath.

Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death.

The die was cast. It was a proud day for the Milligan family as I was taken from the house. "I'm too young to go," I screamed as Military Policemen dragged me from my pram, clutching a dummy. At Victoria Station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked "This is your enemy." I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train.

There is, then, a wicked mediator, who separates friends, and a good Mediator, who reconciles enemies.

For men are separated from God only by sins, from which we are in this life cleansed not by our own virtue, but by the divine compassion.

If a tear fell from my eyes, Each time I wished you were with me, I would have an ocean shore outside my door.

Their bodies were so close together that there was no room for real affection.

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.

from the Plains Sioux Indians. The Great Spirit the creator, decided to separate the world of animals and the world of men, so He gathered all living things on the Great Plains, and He drew a line down in the dirt. That line began to expand and form into a great deep crevasse, and at the last moment before it became unbreachable Dog leapt over and stood by Man. [from the book The NPR Interviews 1995, edited by Robert Siegel.]

I hover over myself Watching. Mind and body separated, Each in control As though there are two puppeteers Working the strings of my marionette self.

En la vida, los destinos están casi siempre separados: quienes comprenden no son los ejecutores, y quienes actúan no comprenden.

Od onog ondašnjeg ?ovjeka ja sam se, i to upravo zbog onog doživljaja, potpuno odvojio, promatram ga sa strane, sasvim mirno i hladno, i mogu ga opisati kao prijatelja o kojem znam mnogo i sve ono što je bitno, ali ja uop?e više nisam taj ?ovjek. Mogao bih pri?ati o njemu, prekoravati ga ili ga osu?ivati a da uop?e ne osjetim da je on jednom bio sastavni dio mene.

But you wouldn't believe what a dead finger does to a living hand.

To be free of family and familiar surroundings.

Lo mismo que ella en él, en la más extrema soledad, también él piensa en ella en el mismo momento. Apartada por leguas y muros, invisibles e inalcanzables una para otra, respiran sus dos almas con idéntico deseo en el mismo segundo del tiempo: en espacios inalcanzables, por encima del tiempo, se unen sus pensamientos, al difundirse en vibraciones circulares, lo mismo que labio y labio en el beso.

?nsan?n mutlulukla ya?am?? oldu?u karaya limandan ayr?lan bir gemiden bir kez daha bakmas? gibi arkas?ndan bakt?m.

Este estar cerca y a la vez lejos de ella, sin ver ni un reflejo de su pelo, sin oír siquiera una palabra medio ahogada de su voz y, sin embargo, con las almas estrechamente entrelazadas, le resulta un tormento insoportable.

wie ein Taucher sogar, der schon ahnt, dass das Seil nach der Außenwelt abgerissen ist und er nie zurückgeholt werden wird aus der lautlosen Tiefe.

According to Gnostic teaching, the world is a mixture of the seeds of light and of darkness. Though it is impossible to distinguish between them now, in the fullness of time they will separate naturally, as ordained.

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.

I got on the elevator without giving him the chance to kiss me. We stood across from each other, two sad people in a situation that couldn't be fixed. I waited for the door to slide shut between us.

Loewald suggests that infantile, oedipal love detracts from and interferes with adult love when childhood experience is repressed, too strictly separated from adult experience. Then

The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.