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Farewell Quotes - Page 3

Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you.

Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition”, p.293, Simon and Schuster

Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.

George Washington, William Jackson (1838). “Monuments of Washington's Patriotism: Containing a Fac Simile of His Publick Accounts Kept During the Revolutionary War; and Some of the Most Interesting Documents Connected with His Military Command and Civil Administration; Embracing, Among Others, the Farewell Address to the People of the United States”, p.9

Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1866). “Poetical Works”, p.203

It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

Aesop (2014). “The Aesop for Children”, p.19, First Avenue Editions

You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.

Ernest Hemingway (2016). “A Farewell to Arms”, p.68, Hamilton Books

Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

Erica Jong (2013). “Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected”, p.38, Open Road Media

Fare thee well, and if for ever Still for ever fare thee well.

Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.38, Lulu Press, Inc

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

"Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Book by James M. Barrie, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1911.

Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Retirement: a time to become much more than you have ever been.

"How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free". Book by Ernie J Zelinski, www.today.com. 2004.

You should not confuse your career with your life.

Dave Barry (1998). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Crown