Farewell Quotes

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  Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Friendship, Sports

  "Friendships: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases". Icon Group International, Incorporated, Page 14, November 26, 2008.

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• Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult.

  Matsuri Hino

  Replacements, Difficult, Persons

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• Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

  Trey Parker

  Friendship, Goodbye, Mean

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• Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.

  Walt Disney

  Goodbye, Memories, Heart

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• The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

  Charles Dickens

  Friendship, Relationship, Goodbye

  Charles Dickens (1842). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”, p.22

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  And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Relationship, Smile

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.18, Lulu.com

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• Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Death, Retirement, Philosophical

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.39, Publishdrive

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• Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

  Roy Rogers

  May, Irish Drinking, Lord

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  Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

  Garrison Keillor

  Love, Goodbye, Going Away

  Traditional sign-off for "The Writer's Almanac" radio show, 1993 - 2017.

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• With every farewell comes a hidden hope.

  Paulo Coelho

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  No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

  Robert Southey

  Friendship, I Miss You, Missing You

  Robert Southey (1836). “The Doctor, &c”

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• Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Stars, Blessing, Men

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Friendship, Goodbye, Hate

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• Be ahead of all farewells as if they were behind you, like the winter that is just departing.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Winter, Behind You, Behinds

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• Like flowers scattered in a storm, a man's life is a long farewell.

  Haruki Murakami

  Flower, Men, Long

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• Don't be sad about the goodbyes! Because in many farewells, better unions are hidden!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Goodbye, Unions, Don't Be Sad

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  You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.

  Tom Petty

  Inspirational, Goodbye, Loss

  Song: You And I Will Meet Again

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• Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

  Ouida

  Friendship, Goodbye, Would Be

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• If i had known... i would have lingered over my coffee a little longer.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Coffee, Littles, Courtesy

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• Farewell, my sister, fare thee well. The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.

  William Shakespeare

  Goodbye, Comfort, Elements

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.687

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• The play is done; the curtain drops,
  Slow falling to the prompter's bell
  A moment yet the actor stops
  And looks around to say farewell.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Fall, Play, Looks

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.7516, Delphi Classics

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• Farewell, fair cruelty.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Funny, Cruelty

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1824). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare”, p.78

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  Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

  Gilda Radner

  Life, Change, Goodbye

  Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

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