#parting

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return. ↗

— Stephen Schwartz

#for-good #friendship #goodbyes #musicals #parting

A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#parting #life

Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fixing-things #life #life-and-living #living-life #moving-on

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

He stirred the fire, and when he spoke, his voice blended in with the roar of the fire's blaze. "I want tonight, Maddie." He twisted his body away from the fire until his attention was focused entirely on her. "Tell me you don't love me, and I'll sleep on the other side of the fire. Otherwise, I intend to take tonight. ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#lorraine-heath #parting-gifts #love

I said uselessly, "Sam, don't go." Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. Please. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#parting #sadness #separation #wolf #remember

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time. ↗

— David Bowie

#course #departing #journey #same #time

The mere imparting of information is not education. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#imparting #information #mere

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#civil #civil war #constitution #declaration #i

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

#distant #falls #friends #heart #like