21 Quotes About Goodbye

Goodbyes can be hard, and we’ve all had to do it at some point. Whether it’s a passing of a loved one, a friend, or a family member, facing the end of something wonderful can feel like an emotional minefield. Here are some goodbyes quotes to help you say goodbye with grace and dignity.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought...
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Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. A.a. Milne
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He came up and kissed me on my forehead, and before he stepped away, I closed my eyes and tried hard to memorize this moment. I wanted to remember him exactly as he was right then, how his arms looked brown against his white shirt, the way his hair was cut a little too short in the front. Even the bruise, there because of me. Then he was gone. Just for that moment, the thought that I might never see him again… it felt worse than death. I wanted torun after him. Tell him anything, everything. Just don’t go. Please just never go. Please just always be near me, so I can at least see you. Because it felt final. I always believed that we would find our way back to each other every time. That no matter what, we would be connected–by our history, by this house. But this time, this last time, it felt final. Like I would never see him again, or that when I did, it would be different, there would be a mountain between us. I knew it in my bones. That this time was it. I had finally made my choice, and so had he. He let me go. I was relieved, which I expected. What I didn’t expect was to feel so much grief. Jenny Han
For the first time in my life, I felt the...
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For the first time in my life, I felt the pain of missing people I had not yet left. Justin Cronin
Goodbyes are on of the hardest things about life. One...
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Goodbyes are on of the hardest things about life. One way or another people were always leaving... Always moving on. Karen Kingsbury
This war is going to be full of women who...
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This war is going to be full of women who fall in love with men they'll never see again. All we do is say goodbye over and over. Soraya Lane
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Only you, Will Traynor, could tell a woman how to wear a bloody dress. Jojo Moyes
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I suppose in the end the whole of life becomes an act of letting go. But what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye. Yann Martel
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He came up and kissed me on my forehead, and before he stepped away, I closed my eyes and tried hard to memorize this moment. I wanted to remember him exactly as he was right then, how his arms looked brown against his white shirt, the way his hair was cut a little too short in the front. Even the bruise, there because of me. Then he was gone. Just for that moment, the thought that I might never see him again… it felt worse than death. I wanted torun after him. Tell him anything, everything. Just don’t go. Please just never go. Please just always be near me, so I can at least see you. Because it felt final. I always believed that we would find our way back to each other every time. That no matter what, we would be connected–by our history, by this house. But this time, this last time, it felt final. Like I would never see him again, or that when I did, it would be different, there would be a mountain between us. I knew it in my bones. That this time was it. I had finally made my choice, and so had he. He let me go. I was relieved, which I expected. What I didn’t expect was to feel so much . Jenny Han
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I saw her disappear from my life like a star that fades into obscurity behind a veil of clouds. Trevor Driggers
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The weird thing about saying good-bye is that it never gets easier. Alyson Noel
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Saying good-bye properly afforded me a measure of peace. It was a binding of a different sort, absent of the earth's power, but still hard proof that there is magic yet in the world. Kevin Hearne
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It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell. William Shakespeare
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It seemed so good when it started. I gave my trust to you. I came to you open-hearted, Hoping it was true. Now I've gotten smart. Now I've learned some things. Now I know that what once was a start, Is just an ending. The longest good-bye I ever knew, The longest good-bye Was the day I said hello to you. Heather Lynn Rigaud
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Saying goodbye isnt hard, but saying it to something you care about is whats hard, because you dont want to forget the emmotional pain and happiness they caused in you're life. Annoymous
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I have never been good at saying goodbyes to people. What else can they offer rather than a reciprocal desolation? Aishah Madadiy
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No worries and no goodbyes, just give me a smile. David Rangel
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They embraced in parting. There were tears in the merchant’s eyes:“ I do not like parting.”“ Life consists of partings, ” said Arseny. “But you can rejoice more fully in companionship when you remember that.”“ But I would (the merchant Vladislav blew his nose) gather up all the good people I’ve met and never let them go.”“ I think then they would quickly become mean, ” smiled Ambrogio. (p. 238) . Evgenij Vodolazkin
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I guess it's going to have to hurt, I guess I'm going to have to cry, And let go of some things I've loved to get to the other side I guess it's going to break me down, Like fallin when you try to fly, Sad but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye Carrie Underwood
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Judah knew Noa hadn't said it was good-bye. She'd done it as he would have done it, if he'd had the chance: with just an ordinary moment. Unremarkable moments were the ones you missed the most- the ones you didn't realize were precious at the time, and so later could not remember. The moments you lost, when you lost a sister. Lauren Bird Horowitz
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She could have lived every minute she'd had with him better. She should have always spoken the best words she could to him. Veronica Rossi