“You try every trick in the book to keep her...You try it all, but one day she will simply sit up in bed and say, No more, and, Ya, and you will have to move from the Harlem apartment that you two have shared…You say won’t go. But in the end you do.”— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com
“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.”— Pascal Mercier
“Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars...”— Jack Kerouac
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”— Terry Pratchett
“When you skipped town I was such a mess So I found some things to do instead Trick is to find something to occupy your mind Now I spend most days chasin' mine”— Miranda Lambert, amazon.com
“Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you, they're ready to leave.”— James Salter, amazon.com
“I need steadfast. I need solid. I need someone who puts my needs before his own. Someone bold enough and patient enough to pursue a wild mess like me when I’m ready to run away. I need to change what I’m looking for.”— Ashley Lipscomb, thoughtcatalog.com
“I learned I’m prone to run. I always choose men who ultimately I know will set me free. Past my cries for companionship lie something much deeper- a need to be independent.”— Ashley Lipscomb, thoughtcatalog.com
“There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.”— Charlotte Eriksson, goodreads.com
“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”— John Green, amazon.com
“As I lay here tonight I keep thinking How long ago for you I was crazy And this night moves right along my mind and much my situation, And I'm feeling mighty cold and unhappy. And the songs I hear, they don't seem like they're changing And my time spent leaving far exceeds the times that I stayed An…”— Brenda Weiler, open.spotify.com
“It’s hard to recognize that life isn’t a holding action, but a process. It’s hard to learn that we don’t leave the best parts of ourselves behind, back in the dugout or the office. We own what we learned back there. The experiences and the growth are grafted onto our lives. And when we exit, we can…”— Ellen Goodman, seattletimes.com
“There’s a trick to the ‘graceful exit.’ It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over — and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit l…”— Ellen Goodman, seattletimes.com
“I am sorry. I am sorry. there is no grace in trying not to love you anymore. look away if you have to. there is no grace here.”— Fortesa Latifi, madgirlf.tumblr.com
“Go, even though you love him. Go, even though he is kind and faithful and dear to you. Go, even though he's your best friend and you're his. Go, even though you can't imagine your life without him. Go, even though he adores you and your leaving will devastate him. Go, even though your friends will b…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Go, even though you love him. Go, even though he is kind and faithful and dear to you. Go, even though he's your best friend and you're his. Go, even though you can't imagine your life without him. Go, even though he adores you and your leaving will devastate him. Go, even though your friends will b…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com