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Quotes About Departure

I nudged Dad towards the door. "Let's go.
~ Melanie Marks
And suddenly I know I have to go. But this time without being chased by the Brigadier, without experiencing the kindness of a postman from Yass, and without taking along a Cadet who will change the way I breath for the rest of my life.
~ Melina Marchetta
Part of Quintana had left this world and Froi knew that part of him was gone as well.
~ Melina Marchetta
But no one came back
~ Melina Marchetta
You don't see him again. Sometimes you worry that he loved you better than any man ever has or will--even if it had nothing to do with you. Even now, he is every blue blazer getting into a cab, every runner along the river, every motorcycle coming and going.
~ Melissa Bank
He didn't slam the door, didn't rage, didn't weep, he simply left.
~ Melissa Marr
I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life.
~ Meriwether Lewis
Havia duas maneiras de partir: uma era ir embora, outra era enlouquecer.
~ Mia Couto
Só tem viagem quem recebe adeuses.
~ Mia Couto
After us, there was no more world to receive anyone.
~ Mia Couto
Quem parte treme, quem regressa teme.
~ Mia Couto
África teve duas grandes tragédias: uma foi a chegada dos brancos; a outra vai ser a partida dos brancos. - Quem disse isso? - Li em qualquer lado. - Aposto que foi um branco que escreveu. Deixe que sejam os pretos a escrever sobre eles mesmos.
~ Mia Couto
It was truly an abomination of nature that one always found the most comfortable spot in the bed five minutes before one had to leave it.
~ Unknown
It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.
~ Michael Arlen
I just met history for a couple of hours, and then our ways parted.
~ Unknown
Uncle Jake rolled his eyes. Granny Relda opened the car door and pushed down on the horn. The cabbie jumped in his seat. "Sweet mother of pearl!" he shouted. "What? Is it over all ready?" "We're ready to go.
~ Michael Buckley
20. Everybody's got to learn sometimes (The Korgis) 19. Annie's song (John Denver) 18. Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) 17. Leaving on a jet plane (Peter, Paul and Mary)
~ Unknown
Good-bye—if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. —AMBROSE BIERCE
~ Unknown
The Seahawk did exactly that, nose dropping and accelerating away from the carrier like a really badass bat out of some especially unpleasant hell.
~ Michael Stephen Fuchs
His departure would return the Trump organization to pure family control—the family and its functionaries, without an internal rival for brand meaning and leadership. From the family's point of view, it would also—at least in theory—help facilitate one of the most implausible brand shifts in history: Donald Trump to respectability.
~ Michael Wolff
Su padre se levantó, fue al baño y al volver se puso el abrigo. Durante los dos o tres minutos que duró la operación, Jed tuvo la sensación fugaz, alternativa, de que acababan de iniciar una nueva etapa en sus relaciones o, por el contrario, que no volverían a verse. Como su padre se plantaba finalmente delante de él, en una actitud de espera, dijo: -Voy a llamarte un taxi.
~ Michel Houellebecq
away is hard to go, but no one asked me to stay
~ Unknown
It melted into the shadows. It had left no tracks; only a branch,
~ Michelle Paver
Toen klaarde haar gezicht op. 'Betekent dat dat je blijft?' 'Dat weet ik nog niet.' 'Je moet blijven.' 'Ik hoor hier niet.' Ze snoof. 'Dat weet ik ook wel. Maar er is geen enkele andere plek waar je wel hoort, toch?' Daarna lachte ze hem met haar scherpe tandjes toe, sloeg haar boog om haar schouder en liep tussen de bomen door weg.
~ Michelle Paver