Walking Away Quotes

“To love everyone unconditionally does not mean to give everyone your unconditional time. Sometimes, to love completely, we must never see someone again. This, too, is love. This is giving someone the freedom to exist and be happy, even if it must be without you.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Gauguin was a stockbroker in Paris, married, had five kids. One day he came home from work and told his wife he was leaving, that he was through supporting the family, that he had had enough. Just like that he fucking took off. He said he had always felt that he was a painter, so he moved to a rat-infested shithole and started painting. His wife begged him to come back, his bosses told him he was insane, he didn't care, he was following his heart. He left Paris, moved to Rouen, went from Rouen to Arles, from Arles to Tahiti. He was searching for peace, contentment, trying to fill that fucking hole he felt inside, and he believed he could fill it. He died in Tahiti, blind and crazy from syphilis, but he did it. He filled his fucking hole, made beautiful work, made beautiful, beautiful work... It takes a brave man to walk away, to care so much that he doesn't care about anything else, to be willing to obey what he feels inside, to be willing to suffer the consequences of living for himself. Every time I stand before his work it makes me cry, and I cry because I'm proud of him, and happy for him, and because I admire him.”
― James Frey, My Friend Leonard

“Time, I think, is like walking backward away from something: say, from a kiss. First there is the kiss; then you step back, and the eyes fill up your vision, then the eyes are framed in the face as you step further away; the face then is part of a body, and then the body is framed in a doorway, then the doorway framed in the trees beside it. The path grows longer and the door smaller, the trees fill up your sight and the door is lost, then the path is lost in the woods and the woods lost in the hills. Yet somewhere in the center still is the kiss. That's what time is like.”
― John Crowley, Engine Summer

“I would see
one man fallen off me
shambling down the street.”
― Suman Pokhrel

“You are not defined by the people you walk away from, and you are not defined by the people who walk away from you.”
― Trista Mateer, Honeybee

“Every time you forgive someone for a serious wrong, they may begin to love you a little more, but you'll begin loving them a little less. On the very day when they love you the most, you may not feel anything for them at all.”
― Kianu Starr

“I overcame my fear of loneliness when you showed me how lonely I can be when you’re around.”
― Khadidja Megaache, Lurking Shadow

“Walking away from you feels like not taking care of myself.”
― Trista Mateer, Honeybee

“Sometimes you’ve got to walk away from something’s to walk into better things.”
― Temi O'Sola

“Sometimes,
girls like her give up
on their own happiness
for the welfare
of fragile men
for several years
but oh,
the day they choose
to leave such evil souls behind
and starts to walk alone,
none in this entire universe
can stop her force
- Under construction”
― Jyoti Patel, ANAMIKA: BEYOND WORDS

“Don’t be afraid. We’re walking away from death, not toward it. Death is going back.”
― Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

“I’m walking out in the rain again
Pains the same as it’s always been
Lungs full of smoke from my cigarette
And my heart breaks with every step,
But only a little bit
Walking away from myself, not getting far
Wondering if it’s you I see in each passing car”
― Eric Overby, February Rain: Lyrics of a Lonely Traveler

“If you want to be outstanding, you have to get away from the crowd.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, The Event Usher’s Handbook

“It is not hard to walk without looking, it is hard to walk without seeing".”
― Rhouveyzz

“I'm not going to tell.'
...
'Interesting,' he says softly. 'We'll see if you keep your word, and if you do, then unfortunately, it looks like I owe you a favour.' Then he steps away, turns, and walks off, heading back toward the staircase in the cliff that leads up to the citadel.

Wait. What?

'You're not going to handle me?' I call after him, shock raising my brows.

'Not tonight!' he tosses over his shoulder.

I scoff. 'What are you waiting for?'

'It's no fun if you expect it,' he answers, striding into the darkness. 'Now get back to bed before your wingleader realises you're out after curfew.'

'What?' I gawk after him. 'You're my wingleader!”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Sometimes walking away is the bravest kind of love, the one you give to yourself.”
― Ayoub Imilouane

“The saddest words
I’ve ever heard
are the words
you spoke
before walking away
- the burdens of past”
― Jyoti Patel, ANAMIKA: BEYOND WORDS

“Love should make you better not bitter.”
― Temi O'Sola, Love Opens Your Eyes

“He was done putting himself out there and holding his breath, waiting to be chosen, or not. “If you can’t admit you might want me around because it might tarnish your image, then I’m out. I need someone who’s sure about me. Not someone who doubts my worth.”
“So you’re walking away from the deal?” Her first concern. Because, of course.
Bowing out would leave her with no options. All or nothing—those were the terms.
“I’m walking away from you.”
― Chandra Blumberg, Stirring Up Love

“What is right will always cost you everything. If you are not willing to lose everything for righteousness sake, you are not ready to gain anything in return.”
― Benjamin Suulola

“I’ll be blunt, Jake. It’s hard for me to believe you could spend so many years walking away from a woman if you truly believed you were made for each other.”
― Eliza Harwell, Snowed Inn with A Friend

“Walking away is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is a testament to our strength in being able to release what no longer serves our welfare and selflessness.”
― Larry Liza, there has never been ANYTHING false ABOUT HOPE

“Hey sis! Let him go. He is not the only man who can (insert here whatever the thing in that he does) And he is not the only man that will.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“You don’t fail by walking away; you fail by staying somewhere you’ve outgrown.”
― Carlos Wallace, Life is not Complicated, You Are

“Understanding that change is often a gradual process is crucial. Your role may be to plant a seed, introduce a new idea, or gently challenge a belief. Sometimes, that’s as far as you can go at that moment. Someone else may continue the conversation later, building upon the foundation you’ve laid.
Dialogue is not a sprint but a marathon and each participant contributes to the journey of understanding in their own way.”
― Saleh Alebi, Tough Talks True Connections: Navigating Delicate Discussions with Dignity and Diplomacy

“Your worth is what you allow it to be.”
― Dominic Riccitello

“We can’t be afraid to dismiss the unappreciative.”
― Dominic Riccitello

“I’m human enough to care.
Beast enough to confront.
Strategist enough to embrace chaos.
Wise enough to know when to walk away.”
― Don Santo, Global Don: The Gospel of the Street Prophet

“It takes strength to walk away and discipline to stay away.”
― Marion Bekoe

“A man must become the blacksmith of his soul, wielding reason as a hammer to forge his emotions on the anvil of self-awareness, tempering the heart’s wild impulses to shape enduring strength through life’s challenges.”
― Njau Kihia