Leaving Archive

"I'm gonna turn and walk away, you can wait till I am far along -- then run and come and catch my arm and say you'd die if I were gone." - Ani DiFranco, 'make me stay'

"His fingers touched her trembling shoulder as he slowly kissed her forehead goodbye. She clenched her teeth together to fight the tears but as she turned away they came pouring out. He walked away never turning back for fear of what he might see, and for what he knew he would miss so much. She looked over her shoulder as he became a blur through the tears. And from then on there was always an unspoken connection."

"and you're trying to find a reason why you have to leave." - Ani DiFranco, 'Adam and eve'

"I begged you not to go. I begged you, I pleaded. I claimed you as my only hope and watched the floor as you retreated." - Dashboard Confessional

"Don't look so surprised. I told you that I'd say goodbye." - Martina McBride, "don't want to see you again"

"little mister limp dick is up to his old tricks and thought he'd call me one last time, but I'm just about done with the oh-woe-is-me shit, and I want everything back that's mine." - Ani DiFranco, 'going down'

"I won't be gone forever, Dylan. Give me something to come back to." - 90210

"No more crying. I can't cry anymore. Don't take my hand this time, just go please and don't look back. Because I know if you did, I would come running back to you."

"'look, at this point, there's no reason for us to see each other anymore, okay? I mean, there's no real point, is there? so let's just stop it now, okay?'" Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis

"Silent tears roll down my cheeks as I make myself walk away. You're the only thing I've ever known ... or even wanted to know. As I leave you I make a promise that I won't come back. You had your chance...you hurt me. Now it's someone else's turn to give it a try. With one last tear I end this mess. You'll regret it ... but with time ... I won't."