Leaving

Famous quotes containing the word leaving:

    As words go crying after themselves, leaving the dream
    Upended in a puddle somewhere
    As though “dead” were just another adjective.
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven.
    Henry Fielding (1707–1754)

    My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity—a good strong figure. But I think it is rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.
    James Boswell (1740–1795)