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Quotes About Departure

But, in spite of all confusion and difficulty in regard to details, it is generally agreed to divide the history of Christianity into three principal parts—ancient, mediaeval, and modern; though there is not a like agreement as to the dividing epochs, or points of departure and points of termination. I. The history of Ancient Christianity, from the birth of Christ to Gregory the Great. A.D. 1–590.
~ Philip Schaff
I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye.
~ Philippa Gregory
Je dis : pourquoi moi ? Il dit : parce tu n'es pas du tout comme les autres, parce qu'on ne voit que toi sans que tu t'en rendes compte. Il ajoute cette phrase, pour moi inoubliable : parce que tu partiras et que nous resterons.
~ Philippe Besson
Because you will leave and we will stay.
~ Philippe Besson
He says: Because you are not like all the others, because I don't see anyone but you and you don't even realize it. He adds this phrase, which for me is unforgettable: Because you will leave and we will stay.
~ Philippe Besson
I think: In the end, he remained hidden all his life. In spite of the great departure, the ambitious effort to forge a new existence, he fell back into all the same traps: shame, the impossibility of sharing a love that endures.
~ Philippe Besson
He tells me something I did not know: that I will leave.
~ Philippe Besson
Porque tu um dia hás de partir e nós vamos ficar.
~ Philippe Besson
Au moment de nous quitter, nous choisissions de ne pas dire un mot, d'être dans le silence. Il y a une étreinte, un regard. Il n'y a pas de baiser, pas d'au revoir. Il y a juste ton corps en partance et le mien qui reste. Il y a les battements de ton coeur qui s'accélèrent et les miens qui ralentissent. Il y a l'effroi. Il y a le temps derrière nous, et le temps devant nous. Il y a la tendresse qui se brise.
~ Philippe Besson
Pour finir, il dit qu'il m'aime et je le crois. Il parle d'une voix épuisée, presque résignée, comme pour un baroud d'honneur. Je l'écoute. Je lui souris faiblement. Je ne lui réponds rien. Je sais qu'il va partir, alors que, lui, l'ignore encore.
~ Philippe Besson
On ne trahit pas les disparus. Ce sont eux qui nous trahissent. Parce qu'ils ont fait défaut, parce qu'ils sont partis, alors qu'on avait besoin d'eux, parce qu'ils ont filé sans préavis, parce qu'ils nous laissent avec le manque et aucune solution pour y remédier. Et quand ils ont lâché notre main, qui nous en voudrait d'en saisir une autre ?
~ Philippe Besson
Sans doute ne savait-elle pas que lorsqu'on a quitté les Enfers, jamais il ne faut s'en retourner vers eux.
~ Philippe Claudel
As he turned round and drove away, he saw her standing in the driveway, in her white dress, looking for all the world like a child dropped off against her will after a custody weekend.
~ Pico Iyer
Vorrebbe non tornare mai più dal suo viaggio, perdersi su un binario morto e scomparire senza lasciarsi dietro nessuna traccia.
~ Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Cette stupeur va durer quelques secondes, pendant lesquelles tout le monde va quitter la vie, s'absenter, perdre le fil de l'existence.
~ Pierre Charras
He'll come back to visit, but not to stay, not to live.
~ Joe Jackson
But audio is a component of video, so there's always been that anyway, and although we've never expressed a visual side apart from the Grateful Dead movie, I don't find it that remote, you know what I mean? It's a departure of sorts, but it's like a first cousin.
~ Jerry Garcia
I have vivid memories of leaving North Borneo at 8, and I remember the vast canopy of rain forest.
~ Clare Rewcastle Brown
Having campaigned to remain in the E.U., I voted to trigger Article 50, in response to the clearly expressed wish of the electorate. It must now be my duty as an MP to try to ensure that Brexit is as smooth as possible and that there is a sound legislative framework in place to bring this about. A chaotic departure is in no-one's interest.
~ Dominic Grieve
Better to leave before someone else has the idea of sending you away.
~ Andrea Pirlo
The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.
~ Muqtada al Sadr
I left Liverpool through the back door.
~ Ryan Babel
I left Barcelona because I believed it was very difficult to have minutes in the first team, as there are very good players.
~ Gerard Deulofeu
Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.
~ Barry Gibb