“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
“I guess that’s what saying good-bye is always like–like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you’re in the air, there’s nothing you can do but let go.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.”— Jonathan Harnisch, amazon.com
“I’ve never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.”— Joanne Harris, amazon.com
“The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.”— Raymond Chandler, amazon.com
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”— J.M. Barrie, amazon.com
“If you’re brave enough to say ‘goodbye’ life will reward you with a new ‘hello.’”— Paulo Coelho, facebook.com
“Don’t let their leaving make you bitter. Don’t let their leaving make you stop believing.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Even though I love where I’m going, it’s still hard to say goodbye. Knowing my best friends are counting the days until I return does make it easier.”— Jay Asher, amazon.com
“I loved those people, but I need to cut them off my life. I need to leave them behind. And I think that’s okay.”— Cassie Gacott, thoughtcatalog.com
“Delete his number. Stare at your phone for a minute to let it sink in that you won’t be reaching out to him on your toughest nights and that he won’t be the one to comfort you.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com