“To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.”
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
Source: Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Hallowed Ground (1825)
Variant: To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
“To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.”
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
Source: Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
“when we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind.”
Mohsin Hamid book Exit West
Source: Exit West
“To live and die in scenes like this,
With some we 've left behind us.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
As slow our Ship.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.”
Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood
Source: Norwegian Wood
“When I die it's not me that will be affected. It's the ones I leave behind.”
Cameron Duncan (1986–2003) New Zealand filmmaker
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“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
“You know she's gonna leave my broken heart behind her.”
Dave Matthews (1967) American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
Busted Stuff
Busted Stuff (2002)
“And a Government with Heart to ensure our country progresses without leaving anyone behind.”
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2015, Speech: Declaration as Vice Presidential Candidate
Anatole France book The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Tous les changements, même les plus souhaités ont leur mélancolie, car ce que nous quittons, c'est une partie de nous-mêmes; il faut mourir à une vie pour entrer dans une autre.
Pt. II, ch. 4
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)