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)

“In leaving the people’s business in their hands, we can not be wrong.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“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)