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Leaves Quotes (page 112)

He remembered learning in one of his social studies classes that in the Old West, when Native Americans were thrown into jail, they sometimes dropped dead. The theory was that someone so used to the freedom of space couldn’t handle the confinement, but Peter had another interpretation. When the only company you had was yourself, and when you didn’t want to socialize, there was only one way to leave the room. Jodi Picoult
Annie Dillard quote: "It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our..."
It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. Annie Dillard
So you go away from where you were afraid. Some stay; some go; it's a big difference, leaving the humiliations of childhood, the morbid fear. We didn't have much to say to each other, the ones that left and the ones that stayed. Children get shamed by fear but you can't tell the adults that; they don't care. They make children into dead things like they are. If there's something left alive in you, you run. You run from the poor little child on her knees; fear burned the skin off all... Andrea Dworkin
Bill Bryson quote: "Still, I never really mind bad service in a restaurant. It..."
Still, I never really mind bad service in a restaurant. It makes me feel better about not leaving a tip. Bill Bryson
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave. Elizabeth Gilbert
I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that’s all it is. It’s not a matter of intellect or logic, it’s loving with one’s inside, with one’s stomach. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Michael Chabon quote: "The leaves of this enormous tree, those are the million places..."
The leaves of this enormous tree, those are the million places where life lives and things happen and creatures come and go. Michael Chabon
Do you remember the summer we signed you up for camp? And the night before you left, you said you've changed your mind and wanted to stay home? I told you to to get a seat on the left side of the bus, so when you pulled away, you'd be able to look back and see me there waiting for you." I press her hand against my cheek, hard enough to leave a mark. "You get that same seat in Heaven. One where you can watch me, watching you. Jodi Picoult
A baby is such a blank slate, like training the understudy for a role you're planning to leave. You truly hope your replacement will do the play justice, but in secret you want future critics to say you played the character better. Chuck Palahniuk
You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep. When the devil leaves the porch light on? Tom Waits
And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary? Jonathan Franzen
She squeezed my hand, and I drew a shaky breath, marveling at the fact that while on an ordinary leave in an ordinary place, I'd somehow fallen in love with an extraordinary girl named Savannaah Lynn Curtis. Nicholas Sparks
Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene Edward Young
John Steinbeck quote: "It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if..."
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it. John Steinbeck
This is how we leave the world, with the heart weeping, and the hope that distancebrings the solving wonderof one last clear viewbefore that long sleepabout the weather's changes Mark Haddon

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