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Quotes About Farewell

Autumn leaves blaze their swan song of colors and wait for Winter to wipe the slate clean.
~ Terri Guillemets
Early autumn's peaceful slant of morning light — the first soul calm since late spring's farewell breezes.
~ Terri Guillemets
Death is just a final breath.
~ Terri Guillemets
Farewell, then, — for awhile, farewell — Pride of my heart! It cannot be that long we dwell, Thus torn apart; Time's shadows like the shuttle flee; And dark howe'er life's night may be, Beyond the grave I'll meet with thee...
~ D. M. Moir, "Casa Wappy"
I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine.
~ Alfred North Whitehead
Visits always give pleasure — if not the arrival, the departure.
~ Portuguese Proverb
Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart!
~ Lord Byron
Bending, she kissed Glawen's cheek. "Thank you for a lovely day." "Wait!" cried Glawen. "Come back!" "I think not," said Wayness, and ran off up the path to Riverview House.
~ Jack Vance
mothers have wept less, bidding farewell to their children. At least, mine certainly did.
~ Jacqueline Carey
Tis strange how many leavetakings one life can hold.
~ Jacqueline Carey
What if this really is goodbye? What if this is the last time you ever see your mum?
~ Jacqueline Wilson
There's only one thing left to do. St. Paul's on Old Year's Night. For Auld Lang Syne, my dears. For old time's sake.
~ Jacqueline Winspear
Sometimes, I don't know that words for things, how to write down the feeling of knowing that every dying person leaves something behind.
~ Jacqueline Woodson
to well up in his eyes as he listened to their farewells;
~ James A. Michener
The woman on the bed was old, her life was fading as the mist rose. She thought of her mother as already in the grave; and she would not let herself be strangled by the hands of the dead. "I'm going, Ma," she said. "I got to go.
~ James Baldwin
I dont want to make friends here. Why? I don't like goodbyes.
~ James Frey
As we stand to leave, I look across the dining hall and through the glass at Lilly. She is smiling at me and the smile hurts.
~ James Frey
I don't think I'm going to be back on 'This Is Us.' I think that Uncle Ricky had his moment; he did what he had to do.
~ Brian Tyree Henry
I've decided to retire from top class racing. It has been an incredible experience and has provided with me some unforgettable moments.
~ Sete Gibernau
My unforgettable childhood memory was when I got Bidaai.' I was in school when I got this show and I was in Bhopal at that time. I can never forget it.
~ Sara Khan
It's unfortunate, but I know it's the right thing to do to end the shuttle program. If we want to do other things, we need a different spacecraft.
~ Shannon Walker
Thankful another tomorrow greetsAs I drink from cup of time And prepare to lock the door behind meand leave it to others
~ Richard L. Ratliff
If she says goodbye, someone else will say hi.
~ Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Sometimes saying goodbye to the ones you love can be the most appropriate thing to do in order to help them understand there are consequences for each and every choice we make.
~ Raphael Zernoff