“take one last look behind
commit this to memory and mind
don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place
when you leave
keep your heart off your sleeve”

“Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever.”

Tibor Kalman (1949–1999) American graphic designer

“Be unhoused, O my soul!
Only the Infinite be your goal.

Leave those myriad forms behind,
Leave the million names that bind.
A flash will pierce your heart and mind,
And unhouse you, O my soul!”

Kuvempu (1904–1994) Kannada novelist, poet, playwright, critic, and thinker

“Don't resurrect relationships with negative people off of good memories. You will only remind yourself why they became your past in the first place.”

Keshia Chante (1988) Canadian actor and musician

“Keeping other people’s flaws in mind is like keeping a bowl of foul-smelling food they have given you; it contaminates your heart, leaving no room for positive thoughts.”

Jun Hong Lu (1959) Australian Buddhist leader

“Learn how to die by your love ones - strangers don't keep memories of strangers.”

Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu

“When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.”

John D. MacDonald (1916–1986) writer from the United States

“One nice thing about the Third World, you don't have to fasten your seat belt. (Or stop smoking. Or cut down on saturated fats.) It takes a lot off your mind when average life expectancy is forty-five minutes.”

P. J. O'Rourke book Holidays in Hell

“That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”

Terry Goodkind book Soul of the Fire

“If you don't want to explode with rage, leave your memory alone, abstain from burrowing there.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist