Quotes About Separation

We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.

When I'm home, I never take work calls. If I'm at work, I work; if I'm home that's it, I'm home.

I miss my family, and I miss the New Jersey beaches. They have beaches here in L.A., but they aren't the same.

New Order never celebrated anything to do with Joy Division.

It's lonely being stuck in a hotel in London for two nights. Even a couple of nights away from the children is awful.

My parents separated when I was nine, but my father was always around, and he still follows me now. He is always sending me messages.

I don't want to get too detailed and personal, but my parents got divorced when I was about nine. A lot of that had to do with my dad being on the road and that disconnect.

I have no connection to Chicago.

Whether it's in health and education, or the quality of local infrastructure, there's no doubt that a chasm exists between various parts of the U.K.

What's the point in prolonging a relationship which has no future?

There are women crossing the border, finding border control agents to turn themselves in so they can begin the process of asylum, only to have their children taken from them with no idea of where they're going or when they'll see them again.

I'm going to call you, okay? After I get back from Europe. She nodded, knowing it was all they had, yet knowing it wasn't enough. Their lives were on separate tracks, now and forever. The summer was over, and they were each moving on. pg. 383

La razón por la que nos duele tanto separarnos es porque nuestras almas están enlazadas. Quizá siempre lo han estado y siempre lo estarán, quizás hemos vivido cientos de vidas antes que esta, y en cada una de ellas nos hemos encontrado.

Percebi então, o crepúsculo,é apenas uma ilusão, porque o sol ou está acima ou abaixo do horizonte. E isso quer dizer que o dia e a noite estão ligados de uma maneira como poucas coisas o estão - não pode haver uma coisa sem a outra, porém não podem existir ao mesmo tempo. Como seria a sensação, lembro de me perguntar, de estar sempre juntos, porém para sempre separados?

Il giorno e la notte sono legati come poche altre cose al mondo, non possono esistere l'uno senza l'altro e tuttavia non possono esistere insieme. Come ci si può sentire, pensai, quando si è sempre uniti e sempre divisi?

I knew that families had their own holiday traditions, but ours seemed to keep us dispersed while Bryce's gathered them together.

Denise sat in a separate chair, catercorner to the couch.

avoid you. I want to avoid you." He stared at her, plainly confused.

Throughout my remaining days in New Bern, I wondered what she was doing at any given moment and where she was. I no longer felt complete, as if part of me had been hollowed out, leaving only an aching void. Before Natalie, I used to believe that with love, anything was possible. Now I understand that sometimes love isn't enough.

How would it feel, I remember wondering, to be always together, yet forever apart? It is ironic, of course, because I know that answer now. I know what it's like to be day and night now; always together, forever apart.

The reason it hurts so much to be separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and always will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other.

I'm simply pointing out that what happens to us isn't the whole story. That I continue to exist even when we're not together.

We get together with people because they're the same or because they're different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons.

So, have you split up now?