Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

— Bach, Richard

Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die. [Isaiah 22:13]

— Bible

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

— Byron, Lord

Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell.

— Dickinson, Emily

When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an hour ago and lovers hours be full eternity.

— Donne, John

We only part to meet again.

— Gay, John

I always made an awkward bow.

— Keats, John

Partir, c'est mourir un peu. (To leave is to die a little.)

— Proverb, French

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

— Rogers, Roy

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.

— Schopenhauer, Arthur

Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the midnight bell.

— Shakespeare, William

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

— Tolkien, J. R.

Never say goodbye, say farewell.

— Unknown, Source