The Leaving Quotes

“People who were gone only lived on in your memory if you had memories. Why hadn't she held on tighter?”
― Tara Altebrando, The Leaving

“THERE’S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
AND NO PRESENT LIKE TIME.”
― Tara Altebrando, The Leaving

“We are all dust
All dying
All losing
All forgetting
We are all leaving all the time”
― Tara Altebrando, The Leaving

“What was the exact percentage of this day that had already slipped away?”
― Tara Altebrando, The Leaving

“The world was so big!
Her life story so huge in it.
The stuff of movies!
And yet her part in it all felt so small.
One tiny stitch.”
― Tara Altebrando, The Leaving

“Every time the woman turned her head, it was like she was posing for a picture with an Instagram setting that filtered out humility.”
― Tara Altebrando, The Leaving