“Invitations only grant farewells. Crash the best one of the best ones. Clear liquor and cloudy eyed, too early to say goodnight.”— DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, play.spotify.com
“Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it's noon with its merciless light, and every spot and pore and wrinkle and bristle stands c…”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“Every day I come by your house and I pick you up. And we go out. We have a few drinks, and a few laughs, and it's great. But you know what the best part of my day is? For about ten seconds, from when I pull up to the curb and when I get to your door, 'cause I think, maybe I'll get up there and I'll…”— Ben Affleck, amazon.com
“If you've had some back and forth banter and then, out of nowhere, the recipient stops responding, let it go. If you text, "Why did you stop messaging?" "Where did you go?" or "Why did you leave me high and dry?" you not only come off looking desperate, but a bit aggressive, too.”— Jen Kirsch, yourtango.com
“Try to always end the conversation first. Why? So you’ll leave him wanting more.”— Lisa Redfield, howtogetaguytowantyou.com
“This here is my end, my departure, my good-bye. Wanted to stay, pushed me away but I'll be fine because I tried.”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“You weren’t ready for the love I was to give, and I wasn’t patient enough to teach you the lessons you needed to learn for yourself.”— Nathalie Marie, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am allowed to leave; I know this. I’m allowed to walk away anything that doesn’t feel right, any situation that isn’t comfortable, any part of my life that isn’t what I need. I need to leave this, us, you. And I’m sorry, but you have to let me.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I say it's over. But how do I say goodbye? When you are the man that I love And can't live without.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“Do you know there's a halfway world between each ending and each new beginning? It's called the hurting time, Jean Perdu. It's a bog; it's where your dreams and worries and forgotten plans gather. Your steps are heavier during that time. Don't underestimate that transition, Jeanno, between farewell…”— Nine George, barnesandnoble.com
“You wrote down all these things to say goodbye to, but so many of them are good things. Why not just say goodbye to the bad things? Say goodbye to all the times you felt lost, to all the times it was a ‘no’ instead of a ‘yes,’ to all the scrapes as and bruises, to all the heartache. Say goodbye to e…”— Lily Aldrin, amazon.com
“While saying goodbye does mean accepting that a part of our life is now over, it also provides us with a chance to realize just how blessed our lives have been.To look back and reflect on the journeys we’ve shared with some wonderful people, while being exposed to amazing and invaluable experiences…”— Craig James Ruvere, tinybuddha.com
“Here is how you walk away from him: you get up, flick your hair, sashay away and never look back.”— Kat George, thoughtcatalog.com