Baggage Quotes

“You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“The time has come to lay that baggage down and leave behind all the struggling and striving. You can be set free as you journey forward into a balanced healthy and rewarding future.”
― Sue Augustine, When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back

“Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Everyone has baggage, maybe we should help each other carry it.”
― Rob Liano

“It's easier to die than to move ... at least for the Other Side you don't need trunks.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose

“People are here because they've got baggage. I'm talking curbside-check-in, pay-the-fine-'cause-it's-over-fifty-pounds kind of baggage. Get it?”
― Lauren Kate, Fallen

“I'm sorry! I really am! I wanted to get out of this place! I want to live! I want to get away from here and never see it again! I hate everything about it!"

"You will hate the next place, too," I said. "What you are you will carry with you.”
― Louis L'Amour, The Proving Trail

“He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors, unstimulated, sinks to rest in the dullness of exhausted emotion.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

“Sometimes we can focus so much on nothing that we make it a big something of nothing”
― Ricky Maye, An Emerging Spirituality

“Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.”
― Tahir Shah, House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost City

“The longer a life, the challenge is not the distance between destinations, but the difficulty of travelling light. My soul’s a portmanteau packed full, one half filled with what was, the other with what is, what should be.”
― Jamie A. Hughes

“Release the baggage or the Universe will do it for you. It won't be gentle if it has to do it.”
― Robin S. Baker

“We tend to overpack. If it does not add value to your life journey, don’t bring it along for the ride.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“The things that will go I to my handbag are laid out on my dressing table.
Two packets of pocket tissue, one 30-centilitre bottle of water, one first aid kit, one packet of wipes, one wallet, one tube of hand cream, one lip balm, one phone, one tampon, one rape whistle.
Basically, the essentials for every woman.”
― Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer

“I looked at her luggage like an abandoned bag”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“In an interview I can’t seem to find, they asked Diddy, “when did you know you were successful?” He responded, “the first time I flew without luggage.”

I always believed this would be incredible if we did this in our -ships (friendships, partnerships, intimate relationships, etc.). Imagine showing up with none of that STUFF weighing us down. We’d be free to move about the land and discover things new that’d cover us.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker

“Pariah Luggage by Stewart Stafford

I am the last piece of luggage,
On the baggage carousel,
If there's a suitcase deity,
It has cursed and forsaken me.

I see the excited faces drop,
Blank me and turn away,
And around I go yet again,
Condemned to ovoid limbo.

The stumbling supermodel,
On a mortification catwalk,
Bursting at badly-taped seams,
Spilling contents everywhere.

On my next lap of shame,
Those same faces show pity,
For the uninvited leper guest,
At life's most fugacious "party."

© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“If we think of our life as a journey [...] we don't want to move into our future lugging along the heavy baggage of our past. One way to lighten the load is to work on forgiveness and acceptance.”
― Sonia Choquette, The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul

“We are all travelers in this journey of life, and we must carry kindness in our baggage!”
― Avijeet Das

“I'm sorry I dumped my baggage in your lap.'

A corner of his mouth turned up. 'You can dump your baggage in my lap anytime, Quinlan.'

She snorted, shaking her head. 'You made it sound gross.'

'You said it first.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“The thing about moving," he said, "is it's a good way to shake loose whatever old baggage you have, or the old things that were true about yourself, and decide what you want to be true about yourself. It's the best way to make new habits that serve you.”
― Tara Schuster, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

“If you want to be an eagle you have to be careful who you fly with.”
― Germany Kent

“Don't you think all stories are incomplete? I mean, people leave and people die. We are strangled by the baggage but we survive.”
― Shalaka Kulkarni, Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India

“There will be a lot of adapting. There will be a lot of letting go. It is scary but necessary work to make, do, and make do in the service of becoming a version of yourself you can feel content living with. Release the baggage, your scars will be reminder enough of the lessons learned in the process.”
― Adam J. Kurtz, You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way

“Never ever hurt anyone in this journey. We are all travelers and we must carry kindness in our baggage!”
― Avijeet Das

“Light packet, I guess.' 'The best way to be,' Libby declared. 'The smartest lady doesn't carry any baggage, I always say. She knows how to leave it in the past.”
― Anna Collomore, The Ruining

“Light packer, I guess.' 'The best way to be,' Libby declared. 'The smartest lady doesn't carry any baggage, I always say. She knows how to leave it in the past.”
― Anna Collomore, The Ruining

“Then I realized God chose me, baggage and all. God chose a drug addict, a kid who had chosen to sleep on the street in a blizzard to get his fix and get laid rather than go home to his family. A kid who lied, stole, and manipulated others. God chose someone virtually worthless and considered me valuable enough to lay down His life.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“I'm sorry you lost your friends.'

'I'm sorry you lost yours.'

Bryce nodded her thanks, going back to stirring. 'I know people don't get it. It's just... a light went out inside me when it happened. Danika wasn't my sister, or my lover. But she was the one person I could be myself around and never feel judged. The one person that I knew would always pick up the phone, or call me back. She was the one person who made me feel brave because no matter what happened, no matter how bad or embarrassing or shitty it was, I knew that I had her in my corner. That if it all went to Hel, I could talk to her and it would be fine.'

Her eyes gleamed, and it was all he could do to not cross the few feet between them and grab her hand as she continued. 'But it... I'm not fine. I will never talk to her again. I think people expect me to be over it by now. But I can't. Anytime I get anywhere close to the truth of my new reality, I want to space out again. To not have to be me. I can't fucking dance anymore because it reminds me of her- of all the dancing we did together in clubs or on the streets or in our apartment or dorm. I won't let myself dance anymore because it brought me joy, and... And I didn't, I don't, want to feel those things.' She swallowed. 'I know it sounds pathetic.'

'It's not,' he said quietly.

'I'm sorry I dumped my baggage in your lap.'

A corner of his mouth turned up. 'You can dump your baggage in my lap anytime, Quinlan.'

She snorted, shaking her head. 'You made it sound gross.'

'You said it first.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Sometimes the thing we are not able to let go of isn't benevolent. Sometimes we hang on to past hurts and old ideas. We refuse to let those die, that old darkness. But we have to let go - both of the things we despise and, often, the things that we love. Every ascended master will tell you the same thing: It's the ego that grips, and nonattachment is the path to freedom. But it never stops being difficult to let go - to say goodbye.”
― RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir