Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye t

Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again. – Elizabeth Bowen

Other quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Absence
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Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. – Tryon Edwards

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Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. – Flavia Weedn, Forever, ©Flavia.com

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Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye? – Author Unknown

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Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. – Lazurus Long

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