Shauna Niequist Quotes

“There are times when the actual experience of leaving something makes you wish desperately that you could stay, and then there are times when the leaving reminds you a hundred times over why exactly you had to leave in the first place.”

“I leave, and the leaving is so exhilarating I know I can never go back. But then what? Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving them, tramping a perpetual journey?”

“You are whatever you shall leave behind when you leave life!”

“You can never leave a place unless you leave that place in your mind!”

“Leaves leave this world in beautiful fall colors and songs.”

“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”

“What can you do for love?Can you leave a person for love?Can you leave a country for love?I think I wouldn't even leave my couch for love”

“If a train is two minutes late in leaving, one will become impatient, ‘when will the train leave, when will it leave?’ This world is not worth getting impatient restless about.”

“Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere.”

“Carmen: “I want you to leave me alone, but not ignore me. I want you to miss me when I go away to college, but not be sad. I want you to stay exactly the same, but not be lonely or alone. I want to do the leaving, and not have you ever leave me.”