Parting Quotes

• Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

  George Eliot

  Sympathy, Goodbye, Lonely

  George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.188

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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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• 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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• Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, I Miss You, Good Night

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 176

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• Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

  Tryon Edwards

  I Miss You, Missing You, Goodbye

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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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• We've got a good inspection system in Arizona managing products that come from other parts of the county that could carry insects that could become problematic.

  Carl E. Olson

  Arizona, Insects, Inspection

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• But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one to bid him go. When lips invite, And eyes delight, And cheeks as fresh as rose in June, Persuade delay,-- What boots to say Forego me now, come to me soon.

  Walter Raleigh

  Eye, June, Rose

  Walter Raleigh (1829). “The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh”, p.721

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• Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

  Washington Irving

  Friendship, Inspiring, Goodbye

  Washington Irving, William Irving (1824). “Salmagundi”, p.151

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• Departure should be sudden.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Departure, Should

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• I never joined the army because at ease was never that easy to me. Seemed rather uptight still. I don't relax by parting my legs slightly and putting my hands behind my back. That does not equal ease. At ease was not being in the military. I am at ease, bro, because I am not in the military.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Military, Humor

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• People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.

  Anton Chekhov

  People, House Guests, Sincere

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• Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!

  John Dryden

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• The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

  Steve Buscemi

  Roles, Firsts, Glances

  "New Again: Steve Buscemi". Interview with Brooke Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 4, 2017.

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• I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We're parting because we're celebrating each others' growth.

  Kelly Rowland

  Beautiful, Thinking, Growth

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• The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Husband, Heart, Wife

  Alfred Lord Tennyson (1875). “Queen Mary. A Drama”, p.177

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• There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.

  Helen Hayes

  Christmas, Vanity, Bed

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• I don't know if you saw the parting of the Red Sea with the chariots on the horses, I did stuff like that.

  Richard Farnsworth

  Horse, Sea, Red

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form.

  Kit Williams

  Work, Artist, Thinking

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• The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.

  Akkineni Nagarjuna

  Moving, Rivers, Together

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• My Book and Heart Shall never part.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Book, Heart

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• There is a time to separate from our mother. But unless we are ready to separate-unless we are ready to leave her and be left-anything is better than separation.

  Judith Viorst

  Mother, Separation, Ready

  Judith Viorst (2010). “Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Puppets, Can Do

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• The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.

  Sarah Vowell

  War, Thinking, Sea

  FaceBook post by Sarah Vowell from Mar 25, 2010

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• There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.

  Robert Breault

  Relationship, Break Up, Fire

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