Jeff Crain

23 Quotes That Will Make A Painful Goodbye A Little Softer

When someone you love says goodbye, you can stare long and hard at the door they closed. 
Kirsten Corley
January 12, 2017
“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
Tagged: goodbye, Thank You, Endings, Letting Go
“and in the end, letting
go was a lot like finding
love. i had to learn to
say goodbye to the one
who gave me the courage
to say hello.”
— R.M Drake, R.M Drake Collection
Tagged: Letting Go, Relationships, Courage When Things Go Wrong, Hello And Goodbye
“I poured my heart out to you. I can’t sit here like a fool waiting for you to be ready.”
— Angela Moore, Boy Meets World Complete Series
Tagged: Heartbreak, heart, Love, Relationships, Relationships Ending, goodbye
“Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.”
— Jonathan Harnisch, Freak
Tagged: Fall Out Of Love, painful goodbye
“Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.”
— Gayle Forman, Where She Went
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, goodbye, Relationships Ending
“I drove her to the airport. She kissed me good-bye. She told me that she loved me more than life itself. Then she stepped through security.

She never came back.”
— Gayle Forman, Where She Went
Tagged: goodbye, Endings, Relationships Ending, Loss, Heartbreak
“Conflicts between your heart and head appear like a boxing match. To walk away from someone who consumes so much of your heart, you can’t bear the thought of it. But, then in your head you remind yourself, it is for the best you leave now.”
— Kirsten Corley, The Pain And Joy Of Letting Go Of An Almost Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationship, Almost Love, Toxic Half, goodbye
“I was your cure and you were my disease. I was saving you. You were killing me.”
— We Who Dare, We, Who Dare - Saving You, Killing Me
Tagged: Toxic Half, Toxic Relationships, devil, goodbye
“do not bother holding onto
that thing that does not want you

-you cannot make it stay”
— rupi, milk and honey
Tagged: Staying, Letting Go, Relationships, Love, goodbye
“I never wanted you to leave. But I stayed silent as I held open the door.”
— Kirsten Corley, Facebook Fan Page
Tagged: One Line Stories, Single Line Story, goodbye
“i've got too many things to say to you which i could perhaps never bring myself to say.”
— M. Ocean, Let Her Go
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, goodbye
“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”
— Shannon Alder, Fanpage
Tagged: goodbye, Letting Go, Moving On
“And I hope the sun shines
And it's a beautiful day
And something reminds you
You wish you had stayed
You can plan for a change in weather and time
But I never planned on you changing your mind”
— Taylor Swift, Last Kiss
Tagged: goodbye, Breakups, Letting Go
“You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.”
— James Blunt, Goodbye My Lover
Tagged: Love Lyrics, Love
“We only said goodbye with words.”
— Amy Winehouse, Back To Black
Tagged: Lyrics, Heartbreak, Move On, Break Up
“I screamed, you didn’t hear me. I walked away, you didn’t chase.”
— Samantha King, Born to Love, Cursed to Feel
Tagged: Heartbreak, Sad, goodbye
“I always wondered why it was so easy For people to leave. 
What I should have questioned was 'Why I wanted so badly for them to stay.'”
— Samantha King, Born to Love, Cursed to Feel
Tagged: Sad, Heartbreak, goodbye
“I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.”
— Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall Enhanced Edition
Tagged: goodbye, Moving On, Letting Go
“I left because you never asked me to stay.”
— Unknown, QuoteGram
Tagged: Stay, Leaving, goodbye
“She said goodbye with tears in her eyes not because she didn’t love him. But she knew love wasn’t supposed to hurt you this much.”
— Kirsten Corley, But Before You Leave
Tagged: Leaving, Lost Love
“She kissed his cheek and said goodbye for what she knew would be a final time. And that was the beauty and tragedy of it, really: getting what you want, only to run away when it got too close.”
— Kirsten Corley, But Before You Leave
Tagged: Leaving, Lost Love
“You're the one that I love and I'm saying goodbye.”
— A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera, Say Something
Tagged: Letting Go, goodbye
“But sometimes, the greatest test of love is letting someone go, because they deserve more than what you can give.”
— Kirsten Corley, If I Walked Away, Just Know It Wasn't Easy for Me
Tagged: Walking Away, Heartbreak, goodbye