“In death, they all looked the same. This morning they spoke, they breathed, they kissed their loved ones good-bye. And now they lay dead. Gone forever.”

“Those in love do not know how to say good-bye: they are with one another all the time.”

Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975) Spanish theologian

“You sure you don’t want to kiss me good-bye, baby?”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“I kissed his cheek, damp and salty. I could feel his heart beating against my ribs, and wanted nothing more than to stay there forever, not moving, not making love, just breathing the same air.”

Diana Gabaldon book Outlander

“I want you as the dream,
Not the reality.
That clumsy good-bye kiss could fool me.
But looking back over my shoulder
at you happy without me.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“I kiss good-bye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, she’d never even suspected that it could feel this way.”

Rachel Caine book Glass Houses

“And as she looked around, she saw how Death the consoler,
Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

“He broke the kiss and leaned against her, breathing hard. "Good morning to you, too. Man, I just can't stay mad when you do that.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

“I love you all. But it's time to say good-bye, for now.
be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get ugly.
-Tally Youngblood”

Scott Westerfeld book Specials