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Favourite quotes (272)

“Goodbye -- Because I love you.”

Kate Chopin book The Awakening

Source: The Awakening

“In truth, how much time do any of us really have?”

Lurlene McDaniel (1944) American writer

Source: Telling Christina Goodbye

“Who's the real you? The person who did something awful, or the one who's horrified by the awful thing you did? Is one part of you allowed to forgive the other?”

Rebecca Stead (1968) American children's writer

Source: Goodbye Stranger

“I just came to say goodbye love, goodbye love, goodbye.”

Jonathan Larson (1960–1996) American composer and playwright

Rent (1996)

“But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“I mean, it's impossible to fake anything if you've already seen the other person in a way they'd never choose for you to. You can't go back from that.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“To say goodbye is to die a little.”

Raymond Chandler book The Long Goodbye

Source: The Long Goodbye

“I never sought glory. Basic respect would suffice.”

Malcolm Azania book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 3 “Clash of the Icons” (p. 69)

““What do I ‘feel’?” he sneered… Did you actually ask me what I ‘feel’? I ‘feel’ I’m surrounded by morons!””

Malcolm Azania book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 2 “Facing the Ultimate Archenemy” (p. 51)

“We spent too much damn time getting down. Now it’s time to get up.”

Malcolm Azania book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 9 “Paranoia: It Can Destroy Ya” (p. 258)

“And this mess is so big
And so deep and so tall,
We cannot pick it up.
There is no way at all!”

Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat

Source: The Cat in the Hat

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

Variant: Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

“Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

“Don't give up! I believe in you all.
A person's a person, no matter how small!
And you very small persons will not have to die
If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!”

Dr. Seuss book Fox in Socks

Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Source: Fox in Socks

“Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books