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1. “For solitude sometimes is best society and short retirement urges sweet return.”

John Milton

Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth

2. “A short retirement urges a sweet return.”

John Milton

Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time

3. “He lost himself a thousand times and for days one end he dwelt in nonbeing. But although the paths took him away from self, in the end they always led back to it.”

Hermann Hesse

Loss, Self Discovery, Nonbeing, Journey, Return, Existential Reflection

4. “But though the ways led away from the self, their end nevertheless always led back to the self.”

Hermann Hesse

Self, Journey, Return, Introspection, Exploration, Personal Growth

5. “It seems to have been my bad luck always to receive more than I could return, from life and friends.”

Hermann Hesse

Luck, Receive, Return, Personal Reflection, Relational Imbalance, Life’s Inequity

6. “We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass.”

T.S. Eliot

Door, Pass, Return, Life Experiences, Personal Growth, Temporal Uniqueness

7. “If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run.”

E.M. Forster

Truth, Love, Return, Connection, Loyalty, Self-awareness

8. “At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do.”

Sylvia Plath

Tried Death, Emotional Return, Desperate Longing, Death, Bones, Return

9. “He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.”

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Death, Solitude, Return, Existence, Survival, Emotional Struggles

10. “A small return and a safe one is far more desirable than risk.”

George S. Clason

Safe Investments, Financial Security, Low Risk, Return, Risk, Security

11. “We define a bargain issue as one which, on the basis of facts established by analysis, appears to be worth considerably more that it is selling for.”

Benjamin Graham

Bargain Investment, Financial Analysis, Stock Value, Risk, Return, Market

12. “Sound common stocks, bought at sound prices, are always good investments.”

Benjamin Graham

Sound Stocks, Good Investments, Price Value, Stability, Risk, Return

13. “Man will change nothing of his final destiny, which is to return sooner or later to the unconscious and the formless.”

Henry Miller

Unchanging Destiny, Formless Return, Final Reflection, Destiny, Return, Formless

14. “You can take away a man’s gods, but only to give him others in return.”

Carl Jung

Religious Transition, Belief Replacement, Spiritual Evolution, Gods, Return, Belief

15. “Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way.”

Franz Kafka

Love Transformation, Emotional Loss, Human Resilience, Love, Loss, Return

16. “It’s a thing to see when a boy comes home. It’s a thing to see.”

John Steinbeck

Homecoming, Family, Emotions, Return, Reunion, Love

17. “Yes, instruction! Light! Light! Everything comes from light, and to everything it returns.”

Victor Hugo

Light Source, Knowledge Cycle, Light, Instruction, Knowledge, Return

18. “When liberty returns, I will return.”

Victor Hugo

Liberty Return, Freedom Resolve, Liberty, Freedom, Return, Resolve

19. “The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.”

Victor Hugo

Inspired Delight, Radiant Return, Delight, Inspiration, Return, Radiant

20. “It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.”

Rumi

Satisfaction, Journey, Self-discovery, Return, Fulfillment, Inner Peace

21. “It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Religious Rejection, Ticket Return, Rejection, Return, Religious, Ticket

22. “Drive nature out of the door and it will fly in at the window.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Nature Return, Inescapable Forces, Nature, Forces, Return, Inescapable

23. “I signaled the bus-driver and he stopped the bus for me right outside the cottage, and I flew down the steps of the bus straight into the arms of the waiting mother.”

Roald Dahl

Warm Reunion, Bus Scene, Emotional Return, Reunion, Scene, Return

24. “All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.”

Lao Tzu

Universal Harmony, Tao Wisdom, Unity, Balance, Cycle, Return

25. “I only know that when you shall come back again, the Earth will seem more beautiful, and bigger than it does now, and the blue sky from the window will be all dotted with gold – though it may not be evening, or time for the stars to come.”

Emily Dickinson

Return, Nature, Beauty, Hope, Time, Rebirth

26. “The distance that the dead have gone Does not at first appear- Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year.”

Emily Dickinson

Death, Afterlife, Memory, Hope, Return, Eternity

27. “Emerging from an Abyss and entering it again – that is Life, is it not?”

Emily Dickinson

Abyss, Life, Struggles, Existence, Return, Depth

28. “This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime.”

John F. Kennedy

Affection, Homeland, Return, Connection, Identity, Nostalgia

29. “We’re perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff.”

Warren Buffett

Investment, Risk, Return, Strategy, Security

30. “He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Return, Resilience, Reflection, Homecoming, Strength

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