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Goodbye Quotes

Every ending carries its own kind of goodbye.

This page collects goodbye quotes that range from a writer accepting a missed best-seller list to a young protagonist packing a duffel bag and leaving his Midwestern town for New York. Together they show how Childhood places and ambitions get left behind on the way to something new.

If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.

Quotes by Val McDermid

Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.

Quotes by Tom Waits

'Five, Six, Seven, Nate!' opens on my 13-year-old protagonist packing up a duffel bag and bidding his Midwestern town goodbye, heading off to start rehearsals for his New York City debut in 'E.T.: The Musical.'

Quotes by Tim Federle

I have said goodbye to international cricket.

Quotes by Shahid Afridi

Act Quotes

It was hard saying goodbye to that oblivion they call childhood.

Quotes by Saqib Saleem

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

Quotes by Richard Armour

I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye.

Quotes by Patsy Cline

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Quotes by Ouida

Saying goodbye is very emotional.

Quotes by Lukas Podolski

Best-Seller Quotes

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction.

Quotes by Jean Dubuffet

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.

Quotes by Helen Rowland

When I go to a party, nobody says hello. But when I leave, everybody says goodbye.

Quotes by George Gobel

History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'

Quotes by Eduardo Galeano

Pinhead needed to say goodbye. He had a farewell speech to make. It was truly as simple as that.

Quotes by Clive Barker

Bid Quotes

I actually wrote the lyrics for 'Goodbye' in 10 minutes.

Quotes by CL

It would have been great to have had 10 victories and been in the playoffs and have gone all the way and then said, 'Goodbye,' but it didn't work out that way.

Quotes by Chuck Noll

I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.

Quotes by Christa McAuliffe

Every station I was at, I never said goodbye - when I was in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland, and L.A. I don't know why.

Quotes by Casey Kasem

Money talks, and when it starts to say goodbye, humans listen and act accordingly.

Quotes by Andy Dunn

Childhood Quotes

Not so cold, some snow fell. I went inside the log cabin and said goodbye to Mother, she was so alike grandmother, just younger.

Quotes by Anders Zorn

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this goodbye quotes page about?
It gathers quotes where people say goodbye to something significant, from a career to a hometown to a shot at literary success. Each line captures a different size of ending.
Why do people look up goodbye quotes?
Farewells are hard to put into words, so readers search for goodbye quotes to help mark a transition, whether it is a retirement, a move, or simply closing a chapter. Borrowed words can make an ending feel less abrupt.
What does the quote about missing a best-seller list mean?
It describes accepting that not making a best-seller list or getting shortlisted for a prize is simply a form of goodbye to that particular outcome. It treats disappointment as its own quiet farewell.
Is there a quote about leaving home in this collection?
Yes, one describes a thirteen-year-old character packing a duffel bag and bidding his Midwestern town goodbye before heading to New York for rehearsals. It captures the mix of excitement and loss in leaving home young.
Does this page include a sports-related goodbye?
One short, direct quote is simply a cricketer saying he has said goodbye to international cricket. It shows how a single sentence can carry the weight of an entire career ending, a theme also touched on in Childhood quotes.

There is also a sharper, career-ending goodbye: retiring from international cricket after years of competition. For quotes about the choices and endings that lead up to a farewell, see Act and Bid quotes.