“As you approach this stage's final veil, Kingdoms and wealth, substance and water fail; Withdraw into yourself, and one by one Give up the things you own--when this is done, Be still in selflessness and pass beyond All thoughts of good and evil; break this bond, And as it shatters you are worthy of Oblivion, the Nothingness of love.” DeathPoetryDyingPoemLeavingSelflessnessWithdrawingLeave Taking Author:Farid ud-Din Attar
“I had to get out of there for my face showed too much, the war in my body was dragging me down. My feet refused to carry me over to him again. The wind of my life was blowing me away.” LifeSadSeparationBreakupGoodbyeInner TurmoilJames BaldwinGiovanni S RoomLeave Taking Book:Giovanni’s Room Source: Giovanni’s Room
“And over such a trivial issue, after all their years together! She couldn't even exactly remember the issue! Why that particular one? Why not any of the hundreds of others? Once again Michael hesitated, but then he turned toward the foyer. She heard the front door latch, and a moment later his car lights lit up and backed out of the driveway. She went on staring straight ahead of her. She had a slippery, off-balance feeling, the feeling a person might get if she were sitting on a stopped train and the train next to hers started gliding away and she wasn't sure, for a second, whether it was her train or the other one that was moving.” DivorceSeparationLeft BehindLeave Taking Book:The Amateur Marriage Source: The Amateur Marriage
“Even now he could feel the start of the long journey, the leave taking, the going away from the self he had been.” InspirationalLeave Taking Book:Fahrenheit 451 Source: Fahrenheit 451