“But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
“I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't know a painless way to do it, don't know the words to capture a heart so full and a longing so intense.”
― How It Ends
― How It Ends
“حين ودعتك قلت لك سيكون وداعاً أخيرا حتى لا أترك ليأسي من لقائك المؤجل الى حينٍ بعيد.. أن يسلب حلاوة ما عشته معك للتو ..”
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“...and yet, though desirous to be gone, she could not quit the mansion-house, or look an adieu to the cottage, with its black, dripping and comfortless veranda, or even notice through the misty glasses the last humble tenements of the village, without a saddened heart. Scenes had passed in Uppercross which made it precious. It stood the record of many sensations of pain, once severe, but now softened; and of some instances of relenting feeling, some breathings of friendship and reconciliation, which could never be looked for again, and which could never cease to be dear. She left it all behind her, all but the recollection that such things had been.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
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