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“But when you're standing at a crossroad, there's a choice you've got to make.”
Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer
From Starts With Goodbye from the album, Some Hearts (2005). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]
In a Market Dimly Lit.
Brother, Sister (2006)
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" · Duet with Judy Collins on Soundstage (January 1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJImYNGqwk <br class="br">Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) <br class="br">Context: I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,<br>Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,<br>Yes many loved before us, I know that we are not new,<br>In city and in forest they smiled like me and you,<br>But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,<br>your eyes are soft with sorrow,<br>Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.
“I guess that's part of growing up, too--saying goodbye to the things you used to love.”
Jenny Han book Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Source: Always and Forever, Lara Jean
“If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new Hello.
Paulo Coehlo”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Variant: If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
“Why didn't he say goodbye?
I gave myself a bruise.
Why didn't he say 'I love you'?”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Rush Limbaugh (1951) U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, author, and television personality
Limbaugh's last words, early February 2021. <br class="br">As recorded by David Limbaugh in his eulogy Goodbye to my brother -- for now https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2021/04/09/goodbye-to-my-brother--for-now-n2587628 <br class="br">2020s
“Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
"Leonard Cohen Penned Letter to 'So Long, Marianne' Muse Before Her Death" by Daniel Kreps, in Rolling Stone (7 August 2016) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-pens-final-letter-to-so-long-marianne-muse-w433144 <br class="br">Context: Well Marianne it's come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. … And you know that I've always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don't need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.
“I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?”
Ann M. Martin (1955) American writer of children's literature
“Saying goodbye to the people you love isn't easy”
Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Source: Between the Lines
Michelle Branch (1983) American singer-songwriter and guitarist
"Goodbye to You"
2000s, The Spirit Room (2001)
Context: Of all the things I've believed in? I just want to get it over with. Tears form behind my eyes, but I do not cry. Counting the days that pass me by. I've been searching deep down in my soul. Words that I'm hearing? Are starting to get old. It feels like I'm starting, all over again. The last three years were just pretend. And I said, goodbye to you; goodbye to everything that I knew. You were the one I loved; the one thing I that I tried to hold on to.
“Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye…”
Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)