abandonment

• But there is no self-abandonment, and very little emotion; the letters are principally historical and critical, “finger-posts for commentators.” They give valuable information about the genius of his works, but they tell almost less about his inner moral nature than do his imaginative writings. —  Henrik Ibsen
• What comes of this abandonment is a journey of misguided faith and faux-friendships, and a process of learning how to live a life that no one deserves to live. —  What to Wear During an Orange Alert?
• It would take years for me to understand what the fears lurking in those cardboard forests actually represented - abandonment, hunger, sexual obsession, imprisonment - but I've never forgotten that first period, when all theatre appeared to me like a form of surreal niceness. —  The Guardian World News
• The first is that man identify humbly and unconditionally with God's will -- abandonment in the arms of his Father God. —  †Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam†
• According to Rick Warren's Saddleback church, divorce is only permitted in cases of adultery or abandonment -- as these are the only cases permitted in the Bible -- and never for abuse. —  Drudge Retort

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