Quotes about leave
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“We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.”

Lurlene McDaniel (1944) American writer

Source: Too Young to Die

“What else can I do to piss you off? (Acheron)
You can leave me. (Tory)
I would never do that, Tory. No one can live without their heart and that’s what you are to me. (Acheron)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

Heart

“We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.”
Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez in Croatia?”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Time

“You said I killed you-haunt me, then! […] Be with me always-take any form-drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”

Emily Brontë book Wuthering Heights

Source: Wuthering Heights

Madness

“I leave the world in terrible turmoil. I come back, same turmoil. Nothing at all different. Well, outfits are a little different…”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film

Source: Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted

World

“When you steal a people's language, you leave their soul bewildered.”

John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher

People, Soul

“But a man who has lived by truth—and you have believed in what he has lived—he does not leave you merely wary when he fails you, he leaves you with nothing. I think that is why I’m nearly out of my mind.”

Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

Truth, Thinking

“I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.”

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Diaries

Source: The Demigod Diaries

“Ah! when will this long weary day have end,
And lende me leave to come unto my love?

- Epithalamion”

Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) English poet

Source: Amoretti and Epithalamion

Love

“I leave it to the faithful to burn each other's churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do”

Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist

Source: god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Faith

“When trees burn, they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air.”

Jodi Thomas (1950) American writer

Source: Welcome to Harmony

Tree, Heartbreaking

“When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not (i)emerge(i), do not (i)leave(i): they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.”

Roland Barthes (1915–1980) French philosopher, critic and literary theorist

Source: Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.”

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books

Love, People, Cry

“Just because you leave someone doesn’t mean you ever let them go.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Leaving Time

“If you have any care for Sin at all,
don't leave him in darkness. It's not fair to show someone the sun and then to banish him from it. Even the
devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone - Acheron (Devil May Cry)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Hell, Sun, Cry

“The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.”

Terry Tempest Williams (1955) American writer

Life, World, Grass

“I dreamt a limitless book,
A book unbound,
Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance
On every line there was a new horizon drawn,
New heavens supposed;
New states, new souls.”

Clive Barker (1952) author, film director and visual artist

Books, Soul

“It doesn't matter what it is that leaves a hole inside you. It just matters that it’s there.”

Jodi Picoult book The Storyteller

Source: The Storyteller

“How'd you get Magnus to let Jace leave?"
"Traded him for Alec," Clary said.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Clary, pg. 246-247
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Context: She was thinking of Simon, leaving for a house that no longer felt like home to him, of the despair in Jace's voice as he said I want to hate you, and of Magnus, not telling Jace the truth: that Alec did not want Jace to know about his relationship because he was still in love with him. She thought of the satisfaction it would have brought Magnus to say the words out loud, to acknowledge what the truth was, and the fact that he hadn't said them-had let Alec go on lying and pretending-because that was what Alec wanted, and Magnus cared about Alec enough to give him that. Maybe it was true what the Seelie Queen had said, after all: Love made you a liar.

“When the time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Cut It Out (2004)
Source: Wall and Piece

Time

“If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.”

Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer

Source: The Man Called Noon

Law

“Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Smile, Feeling

“It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Hound of the Baskervilles

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

“Autumn teaches us that fruition is also death; that ripeness is a form of decay. The willows, having stood for so long near water, begin to rust. Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.”

Gretel Ehrlich (1946) American writer

Source: The Solace of Open Spaces

Death, Autumn, Water, Season

“A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

Life

“An empty shell. Those were the first words that sprang to mind….. Something incredibly important -.. - had disappeared from Miu for good. Leaving behind not life, but its absence”

Haruki Murakami book Sputnik Sweetheart

Source: Sputnik Sweetheart

Life

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”

Paulo Coelho book Aleph

Source: Aleph

Tree

“I know you’re going to find this hard to believe, but for some reason I don’t understand, I actually like you…most of the time. (Simone)
Well, you also love Jesse. Obviously your taste in men leaves a lot to be desired. (Xypher)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Dream Chaser

Love, Men, Understanding, Time

“If you leave, we lose and our pasts win.”

Sylvia Day book Bared to You

Source: Bared to You

Past

“This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey. It leaves a footprint. It leaves a legacy. To eat with reckless abandon, without conscience, without knowledge; folks, this ain't normal.”

Joel Salatin (1957) American environmentalist

Source: Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

Food, Knowledge

“I have so much to say to you. I want to begin at the beginning, because that is what you deserve. I want to tell you everything, without leaving out a single detail. But where is the beginning? And what is everything?”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“To Sorrow
I bade good morrow,
And thought to leave her far away behind;
But cheerly, cheerly,
She loves me dearly;
She is so constant to me, and so kind.”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

Bk. IV, l. 173
Endymion (1818)
Source: The Complete Poems
Context: To Sorrow
I bade good-morrow,
And thought to leave her far away behind;
But cheerly, cheerly,
She loves me dearly;
She is so constant to me, and so kind:
I would deceive her
And so leave her,
But ah! she is so constant and so kind.

Love

“We all start out so damn sure, thinking we've got the world on a string. If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we'd never leave our bedrooms.”

Jonathan Tropper (1970) American writer

Source: This is Where I Leave You

World, Way, Thinking

“There are times when God leaves huge question marks as tools in our lives to stretch our our faith.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Source: Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

God, Faith, Question, Time

“Does pain go away and leave no trace, then?’
‘You sometimes even feel sentimental for it.”

Yasunari Kawabata book Thousand Cranes

Source: Thousand Cranes

Pain, Feeling

“We could do it, you know," Gale says quietly.

"What?" I ask.

"Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it," says Gale.

I don't know how to respond. This idea is so preposterous.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Idea

“It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.”

Candace Bushnell (1958) American author

“You will be leaving, of course."

"Or I could help you."

"I've had a bit of practice bathing myself and I think I can stumble my way through this.”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night

Way, Thinking, Help

“He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

Time

“Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.”

Robert Jordan The Fires of Heaven

Source: The Fires of Heaven

Way, Fight

“Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

Sadness, Cry

“Some people fall head over heels. Other people begin to fall without even knowing it—love grows like a spring flower beneath last autumn’s leaves and catches them by surprise.”

Elizabeth Chandler (1954) writer

Source: Summer in the City

Love, People, Spring, Flowers

“… nobody was ever really ready to turn off their mother's machine, no matter what they thought; to turn off the light of their childhood and walk away, just as if they were turning out a light and leaving a room.”

Fannie Flagg book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Source: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Light, Childhood

“I thought she'd make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, "That boy kissed you!"
Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight.”

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

Source: The Throne of Fire

God, Boy, Kiss

“Having been a demon curse, however brief, should leave a mark. A streak of silver hair, or bewitching eyes. Maybe crows on one's roof or a hound from hell at your heel. Blowing out my breath I stood and squinted at my reflection. A black eye. Swell.”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

Source: For a Few Demons More

Hell

“A good book should leave you…. slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.”

William Styron (1925–2006) American novelist and essayist

Interview in Writers at Work, First Series (1958), edited by George Plimpton
Variant: A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
Source: Conversations with William Styron

Books, Reading

“We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it's all gone.”

Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 1
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Chance, Time, Personality

“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”

Robert Greene book The 48 Laws of Power

Source: The 48 Laws of Power

Life, Chance

“And yet the wiser mind
Mourns less for what age takes away
Than what it leaves behind.”

William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet

Source: Selected Poetry

Age

“I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.”

Libba Bray A Great and Terrible Beauty

Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty

God, Truth, Heart

“Inertia iseasy—don't fix what's not broken. Leave well enough alone. So we end up accepting whatbroken, mistaking complaining for action, procrastinating for deliberation.”

Justina Chen (1968) American writer

Source: North of Beautiful

“That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.”

Haruki Murakami book Sputnik Sweetheart

Source: Sputnik Sweetheart

Way, Reality

“April's air stirs in
Willow-leaves… a butterfly
Floats and balances”

Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet

Source: Japanese Haiku

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Secret, Soul

“I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.”

George Eliot (1819–1880) English novelist, journalist and translator

Letter to Georgiana Burne-Jones, wife of the artist Edward Burne-Jones (1875)

Love, World, Light, Silence

“Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone.”

Brother Lawrence (1614–1691) French Christian monk

God, Business, Thinking, Night

“And the first rude sketch that the world has seen
was joy to his mighty heart,
Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it art?”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

The Conundrum of the Workshops, Stanza 1 (1890).
Other works
Source: The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
Context: When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, “It's pretty, but is it Art?”

World, Art, Heart, Joy

“Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.”

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author

“I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.”

Libba Bray book The Sweet Far Thing

Source: The Sweet Far Thing

World, Time

“You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again.”

Azar Nafisi book Reading Lolita in Tehran

Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Love, People, Way, Feeling

“What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.”

Paulo Coelho book The Pilgrimage

Source: The Pilgrimage

Children, People, Way

“Why are you leaving me?
He wrote, I do not know how to live.
I do not know either but I am trying.
I do not know how to try.
There were some things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So i buried them and let them hurt me”

Jonathan Safran Foer (1977) Novelist

Hurt

“Okay. But I'm just going to be out there - having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind. You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Cats, Tea

“Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.”
“That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

Kiss

“Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.”

José Rizal book Noli Me Tángere

Source: Noli Me Tángere

Country

“Leeda knew friends never turned out to be what you expected. They came and went in waves, pulling away and coming back, leaving you feeling safe one minute and lost the next.”

Jodi Lynn Anderson American children's writer

Source: Peaches

Feeling

“The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

Tea

“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”

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)

Life, Change, Parting, Goodbye

“Wanting to leave is enough.”

Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

"Thoughts," Postscriptum de ma vie, in Victor Hugo's Intellectual Autobiography, Funk and Wagnalls (1907) as translated by Lorenzo O'Rourke
Source: Intellectual Autobiography: Ideas on Literature, Philosophy and Religion

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