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Quotes About Departure

I'm afraid I don't know their address, but there it is, when people are gone they're gone, isn't it.
~ Iris Murdoch
Why did I ever leave them, what was I fleeing from? What spoilt scene that I could not then endure?
~ Iris Murdoch
Barrabas came to us by the sea.
~ Isabel Allende
ella se iba desprendiendo de mi abrazo, y su espíritu, cada vez más etéreo, ya no me pesaba como antes. A los cinco días ella dio sus primeros pasos por los alrededores, mientras yo dormitaba, pero no estaba lista para seguir su viaje sola y volvió a mi lado
~ Isabel Allende
It was a long night, perhaps the longest in my life. I spent it sitting next to Rosa's tomb, speaking with her, accompanying her on the first part of her journey to the Hereafter, which is when it's hardest to detach yourself from earth and you need the love of those who have remained behind, so you can leave with at least the consolation of having planted something in someone else's heart.
~ Isabel Allende
La pasé sentado junto a la tumba de Rosa, hablando con ella, acompañándola en la primera parte de su viaje al Más Allá, cuando es más difícil desprenderse de la tierra y se necesita el amor de los que quedan vivos, para irse al menos con el consuelo de haber sembrado algo en el corazón ajeno.
~ Isabel Allende
I left Zimbabwe when I was 16.
~ Dereck Chisora
My guess is that before Obama departs, he will adopt some of the more aggressive military options he has been resisting, such as 'safe zones' inside Syria and more aggressive deployment of U.S. special forces.
~ David Ignatius
He says a thousand pleasant things, - But never says "Adieu"
~ J. G. Saxe
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
~ Thomas Gray
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
~ William Shakespeare
I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
~ Jessica Lange
I sent out a tweet, 'Dancing with the Stars' should stop the jibber jabber. They shouldn't make the departure of a dancer so tear jerky because nobody's going to war.
~ Mr. T
Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One.
~ Rick Wakeman
Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
~ Zuleikha Robinson
One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go
~ Rufus Wainwright
I kiss him as the train slides into unlit, uncertain land. I kiss him for as long as I want, for longer than I should, given that my brother sits three feet away from me.
~ Veronica Roth
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.
~ Homer
My heart is breaking," she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside.
~ Pittacus Lore
What's purple mean?" Adrian put his hand on the door. "Gotta go, Sage. Dont want to keep Dorothy waiting
~ Richelle Mead
I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.
~ Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain
me, for whatever twisted reason. That means I've gone
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Barry was gone in a flurry of papers blown off tabletops.
~ Susan Griffith
My father was right: people are always leaving. They fall in and out of your life like shadows.
~ Susan Hubbard