Going Away Quotes

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  Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

  Philip K. Dick

  Atheist, Real, Believe

  Valis ch. 5 (1981). Originally appeared in a 1978 lecture by Dick entitled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart in Two Days." See Paktor 1

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• 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

  Change, Travel, Life Changing

  Terry Pratchett (2016). “Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett”, p.68, Random House

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• Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

  Louise Erdrich

  Love, Sides, Creeps

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• I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Frustration, Confusion

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• A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.

  Helen Rowland

  Inspirational, Funny, Hilarious

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• Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.

  M. Scott Peck

  Change, Forever, Growth

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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  Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Friendship, Sports

  "Friendships: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases". Icon Group International, Incorporated, Page 14, November 26, 2008.

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• Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

  James M. Barrie

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Farewell

  "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Book by James M. Barrie, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1911.

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• I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Country, Travel, Heart

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• It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.

  Rumi

  Home, Moving Away, Needs

  "The Essential Rumi". Book translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson. Chapter 20: "In Baghdad, Dreaming of Cairo: More Teaching Stories", p. 206, 1995.

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• It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, 'Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?'...If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one's time-the stuff of life

  Carl Sandburg

  Loneliness, Men, Rocks

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  And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Relationship, Smile

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.18, Lulu.com

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• I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

  Liane Moriarty

  Sympathy, Condolences, Losing A Loved One

  Liane Moriarty (2014). “Big Little Lies: Now an HBO limited series”, p.385, Penguin UK

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• Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.

  Robert Orben

  Funny, Fitness, Health

  "Tidbits". "Rocky Mountain News" Newspaper, June 21, 1991.

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• That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that youre supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time.

  Drew Barrymore

  Kissing, Laughing, Focus

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• The little Road says, Go; The little House says, Stay; And oh, it's bonny here at home, But I must go away.

  Josephine Preston Peabody

  Women, Home, House

  Josephine Preston Peabody, “The House And The Road”

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• The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Truth, Science, Discovery

  Robert M. Pirsig (2009). “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• If anyone tries to complicate your life, turn and walk away from them.

  Caroline Myss

  Life, Bad Relationship, Positivity

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• Tough times go away, tough people do not.

  Walter Payton

  Life, People, Tough Times

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• Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

  Terry Pratchett

  Travel, Adventure, Times Are Changing

  Terry Pratchett (2016). “Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett”, p.68, Random House

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  Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

  Richard Bach

  Love, Friendship, I Miss You

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• The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.

  Eric Whitacre

  Feelings, Composer, Performing

  Twitter post from May 20, 2016

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  Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

  Garrison Keillor

  Love, Goodbye, Farewell

  Traditional sign-off for "The Writer's Almanac" radio show, 1993 - 2017.

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• Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

  A. A. Milne

  Best Friend, Goodbye, Thinking Of You

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