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Quotes About Farewell

He feels it himself, and says often that he is 'preparing to leave all this; preparing to leave...' while he waves his hand sadly at his butterflies.
~ Joseph Conrad
Morituri te salutant!
~ Joseph Conrad
while under the unsteady hand of the statesman of Sambir the Trovatore fitfully wept, wailed, and bade good-bye to his Leonore again and again in a mournful round of tearful and endless iteration.
~ Joseph Conrad
N-am smuls noi, oare, navigând laolalt? pe marea nemuritoare, un sens vieÈ›ilor noastre p?c?toase? Adio, fraÈ›ilor! AÈ›i fost niÈ™te mateloÈ›i destoinici. La fel de destoinici ca oricare dintre cei care-au izbit vreodat?, urlând, în pânzele zbuciumate ale arborelui mare; sau care, leg?nându-se pe vergi, invizibili în noapte, au r?spuns chiuind la chiotele furtunii.
~ Joseph Conrad
Ave! Old knitter of black wool. Morituri te salutant.
~ Joseph Conrad
Du calme, du calme, adieu.
~ Joseph Conrad
Having now finished the work assigned me, Washington solemnly said, I retire from the great theatre of Action....I here offer my Commission, and take leave of all the enjoyments of public life. The man who had known how to stay the course now showed that he also understood how to leave it. Horses were waiting at the door immediately after Washington read his statement. The crowd gathered at the doorway to wave him off. It was the greatest exit in American history.
~ Joseph J. Ellis
Having now finished the work assigned me," Washington solemnly said, "I retire from the great theatre of Action. . . . I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the enjoyments of public life." The man who had known how to stay the course now showed that he also understood how to leave it. Horses were waiting at the door immediately after Washington read his statement. The crowd gathered at the doorway to wave him off. It was the greatest exit in American history.
~ Joseph J. Ellis
THANK YOU but please do not write again. And do not call. I have had enough of you.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
left the house in time to catch the bus. Lorraine called goodbye after her as always but Tippi scarcely glanced back, and her voice was flat, almost inaudible—"Bye, Mom.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
The day you went away I knew I would never see you again. You were stained red by the late afternoon sun, by the dusk filling the sky with blood. You were smiling. You had often said of the town you were leaving behind, "I like it because of you; but I hate everything else about it - even having been born here." I thought, she will never come back; I will never see her again.
~ Juan Rulfo
Have a nice life and an even nicer afterlife.
~ Judith Fitzgerald
ich verspüre eine Eifersucht auf alle Winter, die du haben wirst, ohne mich.
~ Judith Hermann
had said. And then, afraid she had sounded grudging, 'Thank you, Simone. You've been so very kind.' In the days before she left for Mayfield Farm, Rebecca had given Simone's house a thorough clean and tidy, as a
~ Judith Lennox
there is the door,use it....
~ Judith McNaught
We watched as the last
~ Judy Blume
Nick, go get ready for your funeral.
~ Judy Sheehan
Our last impression of her as she turned the corner was that smile, flung backward like a handful of flowers.
~ Wallace Stegner
Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.
~ Walt Disney
Sarah's lips curl..."That's not my kind of action." Still, there is a trace of hesitation in her voice, as if she's bidding farewell to a cherished dream, having found its price.
~ Walter Jon Williams
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
~ Washington Irving
You've grown tiresome. See ya.
~ Weldon Burge
Timothy said there were just those people who, when it all came down to that final moment and you were leaving Earth on a spaceship that could fit only so many people, got On the Ship with you. They were familiar. Part of you. Necessary, for various reasons. (152)
~ Wendy Blackburn
Death carries no luggage."
~ Wesley D'Amico