Deserted may refer to:
- Desertion, the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from an entity to which one has given
- "Deserted", a song by Blind Melon from their 1992 album Blind Melon
Famous quotes containing the word deserted:
““Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 6:31.
Jesus to the disciples.
“The discovery of Pennsylvania’s coal and iron was the deathblow to Allaire. The works were moved to Pennsylvania so hurriedly that for years pianos and the larger pieces of furniture stood in the deserted houses.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“It is the vice, but not the excellence of manners, that they are continually being deserted by the character; they are cast- off clothes or shells, claiming the respect which belonged to the living creature.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)