Staying

Famous quotes containing the word staying:

“I did not go to Boston, for with regard to that place I sympathize with one of my neighbors, an old man, who has not been there since the last war, when he was compelled to go. No, I have a real genius for staying at home.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“All my life
I have been restless—
I have felt there is something
more wonderful than gloss—
than wholeness—
than staying at home.”
—Mary Oliver (b. 1935)

“Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy’s staying alive.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)