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Quotes About Departure

Every good-bye ain't gone.
~ Rita Williams-Garcia
As I took Allison to the airport for her flight into San Francisco and the rest of her life, I thought about how lucky her father and I were to have had her in our lives. My time with her was over, though I was sure we would stay in touch. I kept thinking I should be sad, but I felt content more than anything. Now, I'm not saying I won't want to call her every day, and she'll probably die without me, but why ruin something so perfect trying to stay together?
~ Rob Thomas
connection. In April 1855 my great-granduncle Alexander Carter Jr. and his younger brother, Thomas Marion Carter, left their home in Scioto County, Ohio, and
~ Robert A. Carter
[M*A*S*H] didn't get released by FOX, it escaped.
~ Robert Altman
What's become of WaringSince he gave us all the slip?
~ Robert Browning
He turn'd him right and round aboutUpon the Irish shore;And gae his bridle reins a shake,With adieu forevermore,My dear—And adieu forevermore!
~ Robert Burns
Djugashvili had a way of leaving places under a cloud after some ugly incident, brought on in part by his own tendency to become embroiled with others.
~ Robert C. Tucker
She didn't say goodbye. She set off up the street, dodging the pedestrians, walking fast. He watched her, waiting to see if she might look back. But of course she didn't. He knew she wouldn't. She wasn't the looking-back kind.
~ Robert Harris
He found what he'd hoped to see, the reason why she'd left so quickly. Just outsidee the tent, Lan held her tightly.
~ Robert Jordan
The rumpled bed was the only proof that anyone had stayed here. Already the room had lost the feel of him; it even seemed to smell empty, despite his own scent on the sheets. He never stayed anywhere long enough to make that feel cling past his readiness to leave. Never long enough to put down roots, make it any kind of home.
~ Robert Jordan
This audience is at an end," Rand said. "I will forget every face that departs now.
~ Robert Jordan
Mat relaxed. His part of it was begun, according to plan. A hasty departure on short notice as if he were trying to sneak away south, but showy enough to make sure it was noticed. The combination would make him seem a fool, and that was to the good, too.
~ Robert Jordan
It is why he got the hell out of his hometown, Waynesboro, two days ago.
~ Robert Kirkman
I feel happy to be here, and still a little sad to be here too. Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive.
~ Robert M. Pirsig
Just imagine -- this night week I'll be in Avonlea -- delightful thought! said Anne, bending over the box in which she was packing Mrs. Rachel Lynde's quilts. But just imagine -- this night week I'll be gone forever from Patty's Place -- horrible thought!
~ L.M. Montgomery
Even Billy Andrews' boy is going—and Jane's only son—and Diana's little Jack," said Mrs. Blythe. "Priscilla's son has gone from Japan and Stella's from Vancouver—and both the Rev. Jo's boys. Philippa writes that her boys 'went right away, not being afflicted with her indecision.
~ L.M. Montgomery
Mrs. Davis did not say anything half so amiable as good afternoon, but she took her departure.
~ L.M. Montgomery
It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it? he said. You never do know when you'll get back.
~ Larry McMurtry
He had not stayed, but when he had gone, he hadn't fought, either. He had done nothing but ride twice over the same stretch of prairie, while death had come to both camps.
~ Larry McMurtry
It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.
~ Larry McMurtry
They sorry," Deets said. "Saying won't change it. He's gone, don't worry about him. He's gone to the peaceful place." He put his hand
~ Larry McMurtry
With Call suddenly determined to leave that very day, Augustus found himself regretful, nostalgic already for things he hadn't particularly cared for but hated to think of losing.
~ Larry McMurtry
I ain't sick, Gus, Lippy said, a little embarrassed by his tears. Soon he felt a little better. Lonesome Dove was hidden—he could barely see the top of the little church house across the chaparral flats. It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it? he said. You never do know when you'll get back.
~ Larry McMurtry
Pop says, 'Now you head on out of here and you better hope the snow covers your tracks because I'm going to finish this whiskey and then I'm coming
~ Larry Watson