Goodbye Farewell

It’s time to say

It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. Ernie Harwell

Good-byes breed a sort

Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again. Elizabeth Bowen

But fate ordains that

But fate ordains that dearest friends must part. Edward Young

Absence diminishes mediocre passions

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What shall I do

What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace? Fanny Kemble

Remember me and smile,

Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry. Dr. Seuss

Don’t cry because it’s

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss

A friend of mine,

A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview. Donald E. Westlake

Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches, and sufferings. Donald Cargill

Ladies and Gentlemen, take

Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice. Diane Arbus