#goodbyes

I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't know a painless way to do it, don't know the words to capture a heart so full and a longing so intense. ↗

— Laura Wiess

#goodbyes #parting #love

Isia stepped forward. "Yes, sir. I know." Holding his fine brilliant wings above his body, he stood in front of us with his luminous lidless eyes full upon us. "I'm sorry to leave you. We've shared a lot together, and you have loved me even when I was ugly. But we'll see each other. Good-bye. ↗

— Sheila Moon

#love #love

The tragedy of life, Howard, is not that the beautiful die young, but that they grow old and mean. It will not happen to me. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#death-and-dying #goodbyes #life #beauty

All I was afraid of is saying good-bye. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#goodbye

Breathless, I gazed into his eyes. “I love you Ollie. No matter what happens, never forget that. I will always love you. You have a piece of my heart forever.” Beaming at me the tip of his nose touched mine as his forehead rested against my own. “I love you too Layla. You’ve had my heart since the moment you looked up at me from the hallway floor. You always will. ↗

— Marie Coulson

#layla-jennings #love #oliver-green #love

When you have only two minutes to say good-bye to the person you love most in the world, and you don’t know when you’ll see each other again, you can become logjammed with the effort to say and do and settle everything at once. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#long-distance #love

The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#endings #goodbyes #leaving #starting-over #change

Maybe I am everything I knew that I would never be. I looked back at Jay and smiled. ↗

— Holly Hood

#goodbyes #hope #love #romance #sad

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#goodbyes #growing-up #moving-on #love

I write you a letter that begins With I love you and ends with I love you and Somewhere in the middle is one goodbye for Every hurt ↗

— Patricia Smith

#sad-love #love