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Quotes About Farewell

They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.
~ Khaled Hosseini
I watched Baba's car pull away from the curb, taking with it the person whose first spoken word had been my name.
~ Khaled Hosseini
she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother.
~ Khaled Hosseini
When the ferry groaned and lurched away, leaving behind a trail of churned-up water. I thought Madaline would stand at the stern and wave and blow kisses. But she quickly moved toward the bow and took a seat. She didn't look our way.
~ Khaled Hosseini
waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.
~ Khaled Hosseini
En cuanto a mí, es hora de marcharme. Me queda poco tiempo y deseo pasarlo solo. No me busques, por favor. Es lo último que te pido.
~ Khaled Hosseini
of you ask me for more. It's late, and we have a long day of travel ahead of us, Pari, you and I. You will need your sleep tonight. And you too, Abdullah.
~ Khaled Hosseini
BUT WHEN THE time for good-byes came, the scene erupted precisely as Laila had dreaded. Aziza panicked.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Mi dicono che devo guadare acque dove presto annegherò. Prima di immergermi, lascio questo sulla spiaggia per te. Prego che tu lo possa trovare, sorella, perché tu sappia cosa c'era nel mio cuore quando sono finito sott'acqua.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Good-bye, Mariam." And, with that, unaware that she is weeping
~ Khaled Hosseini
Death had kissed her long and hard with its frozen lips, and her body was stiff. I held her in my arms, hoping the warmth of my body could bring her back to life. Ignoring my brother's presence, I wept uncontrollably. With Lulu in my arms, I walked toward the front lawn. I had chosen a burial site for Lulu - a strip of land under the cherry tree overlooking the street.
~ Kien Nguyen
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part or kiss anyway, let's start with that, with the kissing part, because it's better than the parting part
~ Kim Addonizio
A slow smile curved over my face, and I leaned down over him. No, I said. Wishes are lies. Tell me you're going to leave. Tell me you're not going to stay. Tell me that it's only for a while so I can enjoy today, I whispered in his ear, as if saying it louder would break me. And when you go, don't think me cold when I don't cry. I can't cry anymore, Pierce. It hurts too much.
~ Kim Harrison
Bye, Skimmer. Thanks for breakfast." "You're welcome." Translation: Choke on it, bitch. 
~ Kim Harrison
I gotta go," I wheezed. "This is shitty, you know? How do you live like this?" "Rachel!" he cried, but it was too late, (Rachel and Al)
~ Kim Harrison
Jenks made a face as he levered himself up on the sill. "Much as I enjoy this horrific outpouring of estrogen, I'm going to go say good-bye to my wife. Let me know when you're ready. I'll be in the garden—probably next to the stink weed.
~ Kim Harrison
Anytime people do something consciously for the last time, Samuel Johnson is reported to have remarked, they feel sad.
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
I'll exile my thoughts if they think of you again, and I will rip my lips out if they say your name once more. Now if you do exist, I will tell you my final word in life or in death, I tell you goodbye.
~ Knut Hamsun
Out in the fjord I dragged myself up at once, wet with fever and exhaustion, and gazed landwards, and bade farewell for the present to the town – to Christiania, where the windows gleamed so brightly in all the homes.
~ Knut Hamsun
To both Holly and Cade, Tera said, "Then we part ways here, hopefully with peace still between us." Cade shrugged. "What's a few arrow wounds among friends, yeah?" With a wince, she said, "About those arrows, Cade. They were dipped in poison—" "Poison!" Cade bellowed. "Ah, come on, Tera!
~ Kresley Cole
nor the dog she carries in her arms. Your power over our band is now ended, and you will never see us again. Then all the Winged Monkeys, with much laughing and chattering and noise
~ L. Frank Baum
I'll miss you most of all scarecrow.
~ L. Frank Baum/Samuel Clemens
I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.
~ Haruki Murakami
It's hard to give up the being together with someone.
~ Lois Lowry, A Summer to Die