J. D. Salinger Quotes

Leaving Chelsea was sad, but naturally everything has to come to an end.

when people go away, or when we leave the places we love, or something we treasure goes out of our life - I have always noticed that before it happens - this leaving, this parting - when we think about it beforehand we are overwhelmed with sadness at the loss to come. ... the most unbearable sense of loss, the worst homesickness of all, so I have found, is this loss and sickness we feel beforehand, before we ever leave home.

When the music stopped, it could have been forever since we'd begun. My grandfather took a step back, and the light grew yellow at his back. 'I'm going,' he said. 'Where?' I asked. 'Don't worry, sweetheart. You're so close.' He turned and walked away, disappearing rapidly into spots and dust. Infinity.

Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.

Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on without me. And again I felt that emptiness rise up, but pushed it away. Still, I lingered there, in the doorway, memorizing the noise. The moment. Tucking it away out of sight, to be remembered when I needed it most.

Moving on is easy what your leaving behind is what makes it hard.

And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that.

The end of anything is not fun because there's a nostalgia to it and everything else. Even the end of a bad relationship can feel so, so, so sad.

When the show's not around any more, it's going to be hard not to have her in my life.

I don't care if I never see Texas again.

In every parting there is an image of death.

It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about.

There is a certain sense of loss when a series ends.

I will be sad. I've gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess I'll just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one.

I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.

Sometimes change is good. Although I didn't want to leave.

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

Everyone can have their heart broken. Even if you know the relationship isn't working, it's still sad. Even in a bad relationship, they're part of your life for a long time, and saying goodbye to that can be difficult.

Anytime a curtain closes forever, that's always sad news.

Ready to go but never to return.

She was gone and the coldness of it was her final gift.

There's never a right time to say goodbye.

I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.

Alice: It's the only way to leave. "I don't love you anymore. Goodbye." Dan: Supposing you do still love them? Alice: You don't leave.

It's too late and it's too bad, don't think of me.