George Eliot
Novelist, Poet, Journalist
"In every parting there is an image of death."
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Parting
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Frank Herbert
Science Fiction Writer
"Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place."
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable."
Benjamin Disraeli
Politician, Author
"Departure should be sudden."
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
"JedeTrennung gibt einenVorgeschmack desTodesund jedes Wiedersehen einenVorgeschmack der Auferstehung. Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection."
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"My Book and Heart Shall never part."
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"All partings foreshadow the great final one."
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"Any parting could be forever, and we don't know."
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"From meetings and partings none can ever escape. Nor from magic."
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