The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving.
After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me.
I'm always sad to leave paradise, but I leave behind the hopes of coming again soon.
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the indifferent heaven.
Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?
I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
If you don't deal with your shadows, you are condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over, as a human being or as a society.
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
If you think of all the enduring stories in the world, they're of journeys. Whether it's 'Don Quixote' or 'Ulysses,' there's always this sense of a quest - of a person going away to be tested, and coming back.
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