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• Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Thinking, Hands

  "The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2008.

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• He waved to the city and said good-bye. The city responded by carrying on the way it always did, traffic moving forward uninterrupted, without slowing, as if it were trying to demonstrate its permanence and show him it would still be there if he ever wanted to return. That promise was the best and only thing he could ask of it.

  Matthew J. Kirby

  Moving, Cities, Promise

  Matthew J. Kirby (2012). “The Clockwork Three”, p.372, Scholastic Inc.

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• To say good-bye is to deny separation; it is to say Today we play at going our own ways, but we'll see each other tomorrow. Men invented farewells because they somehow knew themselves to be immortal, even while seeing themselves as contingent and ephemeral.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Farewell, Men, Play

  Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley (2004). “Aleph and other stories”, Penguin Classics

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• There's nothing here to say good-bye to. There's no dancing girl. No mischievous smile. She's gone, off with her sisters, broken free, escaped. And if she were here now, she would say, "Go.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Girl, Broken, Dancing

  Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.345, Simon and Schuster

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• Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Good-bye, poor hare!" Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her self-command gave way. Pulling her hand out of mine, she ran back to where the dead hare was lying, and flung herself down at its side in such an agony of grief as I could hardly have believed possible in so young a child. "Oh, my darling, my darling!" she moaned, over and over again. "And God meant your life to be so beautiful!

  Lewis Carroll

  Beautiful, Children, Lying

  Lewis Carroll (2016). “Sylvie and Bruno”, p.181, Lewis Carroll

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• A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye," he said. "It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.

  Cassandra Clare

  Watches, Lord, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.391, Simon and Schuster

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• My friendships, they are a very strong part of my life, they are as light as gossamer but also they are as strong as steel. And I cannot throw them off, nor altogether do with them or without them. And I love them at the point where they say: It is nice to see you again. And I love them too at the point when they say: Good-bye, come again soon. The rhythm of friendship is a very good rhythm.

  Stevie Smith

  Strong, Nice, Light

  Stevie Smith (1969). “Novel on yellow paper: or, Work it out for yourself”, Jonathan Cape

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• It's morning when I go to sleep
  In the distant dawn a church bell rings
  Another day is coming on
  A baby's born, an old man dies
  Somewhere young lovers kiss good-bye
  I leave my soul and just move on
  And wish that I was there to sing this song

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Song, Baby, Morning

  Song: Midnight In Chelsea

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• She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the first time she’d ever seen him; she remembered their kiss on the boat dock the night of his sister’s wedding. And she heard again the words she’d said to him on the day they’d said good-bye. She was besieged by a storm of conflicting emotions—desire, regret, longing, fear, grief, love. There was so much to say, yet what could they really begin to say in this awkward setting and with so much time already passed?

  Nicholas Sparks

  Regret, Grief, Kissing

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• It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

  Maureen Johnson

  Book, Hello, Easier

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• I smashed his hand as hard as I could with the Wiffle bat. "Ow!" he screamed. Carson was rubbing his red palm, inspecting it for damage. "That hurt," he shrieked. "You really hurt me." "Right back at you," I said. "Good-bye Carson." He frowned, massaging his hand, the big baby. "I just wanted to end this nicely." "Yeah?" I cocked the bat up to hit him again. "Well, this time you don't get what you want.

  Rachel Vail

  Baby, Hurt, Hands

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• Whenever I'm out of town for at least a week, I feel like I should write a postcard or something, but you can be a genius, you try and write a postcard you come across like a moron anyway: 'This city's got big buildings. I like food. Bye.'

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Writing, Humor

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• One day we'll look back we'll smile and we'll laugh,but right now we just cry. Cuz it's so hard to say good-bye.

  Miley Cyrus

  Lonely, Laughing, One Day

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• Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. “Well, look at that.” I studied my free wrist. “Denied. Good-bye

  Ilona Andrews

  Cat, Looks, Reflexes

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.45, Penguin

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• I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.

  Romain Gary

  Fun, Good Bye

  Romain Gary (1983). “King Solomon”, Harvill Press

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• If you get operated, something can go wrong and you can just say bye-bye to tennis. That's what happened to a lot of soccer players in Europe. They get operated, some things, it's not the mistake of the doctor. It's just some surgeries, they just don't go the right way...My injury will never go away. It's already become so chronic there's no chance to fix it so I can play without pain.

  Marat Safin

  Soccer, Pain, Mistake

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• I have fooled life and life has fooled me. We are quits. I say good-bye. Think sometimes in the hour of happiness of your poor, comical fool who loved you truly and so well.

  Richard von Krafft-Ebing

  Break Up, Breakup, Thinking

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• Good-bye broadcast, Hello, conversation.

  Shel Israel

  Marketing, Hello, Conversation

  Shel Israel (2009). “Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods”, p.14, Penguin

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• I said, 'Hey', she said, 'Hi.'
  I said, 'Us', she said, 'Try,'
  'And if you're thinkin strictly boots, then I'll say baby, bye bye.'

  Dres

  Baby, Rap, Hip Hop

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• Keep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Mean, Eye, Light

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.1259, Dell

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• ... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “I don't want to leave you,” he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands. Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. “I'll never see you again, will I?” He shook his head. “Not in this lifetime,” he said hoarsely. She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. “Then I'll wait a hundred years,” she whispered. “Or a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Fall, Hands, Years

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• here we were again , always saying good-bye

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Good Bye, Saying Good Bye

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.548, Scholastic Inc.

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• His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Disease, Good Bye, Cures

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.299, Scholastic Inc.

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• I never knew there were so many different ways to say good-bye.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Different, Way, Good Bye

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.13, Scholastic UK

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• All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.

  Mitch Albom

  Good Bye, Saying Good Bye

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