That’s the thing when people leave us too suddenly, isn’t it? We always have so many questions.

The secret of flight is this — you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws.

You can leave in a huff. Or you can leave in a minute and a huff.

Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.

If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself.

But we have soothed ourselves into imagining sudden change as something that happens outside the normal order of things. An accident, like a car crash. Or beyond our control, like a fatal illness. We do not conceive of sudden, radical, irrational change as built into the very fabric of existence. Yet it is.

A departure can feel like a desertion, a judgement on the place and people left behind.

I can wait 15 minutes, but then I have to leave.” That’s enough to get the message through.

Don't linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!

Wanting to leave is enough.

Je pars simplement pour partir, la surprise même est mon but - l'imprevu - Comprennez-vous?

Just to be clear, I don't want to get out without a broken heart. I intend to leave this life so shattered there better be a thousand separate heavens for all my flying parts.

<i>Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.
-Author Unknown</i>

What is essential is to suddenly make a move totally unexpected by the opponent, pick up on the advantage of fright, and seize the victory right then and there.