“Old as I am, I long for youth — the everlasting youth of which the strength and savour fails not. I have lived long enough to know the sameness of this world — though there is much therein to please the heart and eye of a man — but with that roving restlessness that was born within me, I desire to s…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“I have suffered in thine absence — the sufferings of the body that, being yet strong in spite of age, is reluctant to take leave of life. But it is past! I am as one numbed with everlasting frost — and now I feel no pain. And my mind is like a bird that poises for a while over past and present, ere…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried.…”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“"You thought, no doubt, I took my leave that Night, But ’tis not so; you ha’n’t come off so bright. It’s true, I said good By; But Notwithstanding, I only took my leave of Haddam Landing. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“"Good by is not enough, it needs more words than Two, When friends do bid a long Adieu"”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“Hey, I always say this but I say this like a habit but Thank you so much for loving me though I lack Because of you, my eternity is warm”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.”— John Tyler, en.wikiquote.org
“Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are free.”— Harriet Tubman, harriet-tubman.org
“I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”— John Green, amazon.com
“You have been in every way all that anyone could be...If anybody could have saved me it would have been you.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“What was it like to love him? Asked Gratitude. It was like being exhumed, I answered, and brought to life in a flash of brilliance. What was it like to be loved in return? Asked Joy. It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence. What was it li…”— Lang Leav, amazon.com
“I'm so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.”— Stephen Chbosky, amazon.com
“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 and then we have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos”— Charles M. Schulz, Snoopy, amazon.com
“...I want you to know how sorry I am for pushing you away when I had only meant to bring you closer.”— Lang Leav, amazon.com
“So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good.”— John Milton, amazon.com
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”— J.M. Barrie, amazon.com
“I wanted to look ahead to where I was going, not back at what I was leaving, but then I turned anyway.”— Jeannette Walls, amazon.com