Saying goodbye to someone is never easy, especially if it is a loved one, be it a relative, a friend or the loved person. In those moments it is difficult to express what we feel, but these farewell phrases can help you.
We compiled a list of 60 farewell phrases, beautiful or sad, so you can say goodbye to that special person with the best words .
60 farewell phrases to say goodbye in a beautiful way
We share with you the best farewell phrases, to be able to say goodbye to someone in the best way and with beautiful messages to dedicate.
one. Never say goodbye because goodbye means leaving and leaving means forgetting.
We begin with one of the most beautiful farewell phrases, by J.M. Barrie, the playwright who created Peter Pan.
2. There is no kiss that is not the beginning of farewell, even the arrival.
A parting line from George Bernard Shaw, bittersweetly reminding us that everything has an end.
3. Goodbye is always painful. I prefer a see you soon!
A short but beautiful phrase to say goodbye, which conveys a message of hope and reunions.
4. They said goodbye and the goodbye was already welcome.
Mario Benedetti leaves us this sentence in which he reflects on the new opportunities that some goodbyes can bring.
5. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
This cute and short Dr. Seuss farewell phrase also conveys a positive message, despite the sadness of saying goodbye.
6. It's time to say goodbye, but goodbyes are sad and I'd rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
Again another phrase that speaks to us of goodbyes as new opportunities to leave something behind and energetically face a new stage. This reflection is from Ernie Hardwell.
"7. If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello."
Paulo Coelho also expresses in this phrase the new opportunities that life can offer us after saying goodbye.
8. The worst goodbyes are those that were not said.
And that's why we help you choose some farewell words with this collection of phrases and quotes about goodbye.
9. And when leaving, these will be my last words: I'm leaving, I leave my love behind.
The thinker Rabindranath Tagore always has beautiful and inspiring words.
10. You see that the felt pain is so deep, that nothing is sadder than the last goodbye.
The poet Mariano Melgar expressed the sadness of having to say goodbye to someone whom we know we will never see again.
eleven. Nothing and no one can prevent them from suffering, that the hands of the clock move forward, that they decide for themselves, that they make mistakes, that they grow up and that one day they say goodbye to us.
The singer Joan Manuel Serrat expressed in this beautiful way that our children will have to say goodbye to us one day.
12. Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in between we became best friends.
A farewell phrase that we can dedicate to those good friends who have to leave.
"13. History never says goodbye. What he always says is see you later."
A phrase by the writer Eduardo Galeano that conveys a hopeful message.
14. The world is round and that place that seems like an end could also be a beginning.
Once again, this phrase by Ivy Parker reminds us that goodbye is also accompanied by something new, which can be positive.
fifteen. The pain of separation is nothing compared to the joy of meeting again.
Charles Dickens expresses in this phrase that the positive feeling of a reunion later surpasses any goodbye.
16. Do you want us to keep a sweet memory of this love?… Well, let's love each other very much today, and tomorrow let's say goodbye!
A phrase by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer about fleeting loves, which invites us to live the present moment without thinking about the end.
17. Love is so short and oblivion is so long.
The poet Pablo Neruda leaves us this short phrase, which talks about how sad it is to have to forget someone after a love affair.
18. Among the flowers you left. Among the flowers I stay.
Miguel Hernández left us this beautiful verse about goodbyes.
19. Every night, after goodbye, my heart freezes…
And it is that a goodbye can paralyze our hearts, according to this phrase by Mercedes Crowe.
twenty. It takes courage to say goodbye. Looking at a lost thing and knowing that it is gone forever.
It is difficult to recognize that something will no longer return to our lives, as this quote from Jay Kristoff expresses it.
twenty-one. We'll meet again, I don't know where, I don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day.
This beautiful phrase by Vera Lynn conveys a message of hope and future reunions.
22. Goodbyes always hurt, even when they've been longing for each other.
Goodbyes are always complicated, even when they involve something good, according to this quote from Arthur Schnitzler.
23. Life has taught me to say goodbye to the people I love, without taking them out of my heart.
Charlie Chaplin reminds us that even if there is a farewell, the memory and love of person remains with us.
24. Goodbye is a beautiful and soft word, however it is something horrible and heavy!
It's never easy to say goodbye, even if it's such a short word. Phrase by Mehmet Ildan.
25. I say goodbye to you for the rest of your life, even if you continue to think of you for the rest of your life.
A beautiful farewell phrase by José Ángel Buesa, ideal to dedicate to a loved one.
26. He who is used to traveling knows that it is always necessary to leave one day.
A reflection by Paulo Coelho that reminds us that there is always an end.
27. The hands that say goodbye are slowly dying birds.
One of the saddest and most beautiful farewell phrases, left by Mario Quintana.
28. Saying goodbye is like dying.
Marjane Satrapi expresses in this quote the pain of having to say goodbye, because with a few goodbyes something dies inside of us.
29. There are no goodbyes between us. Wherever you are, I will carry you in my heart.
Another ideal phrase to dedicate to a loved one we have to say goodbye to, to remind them that they are with us.
30. How am I to find rest after your departure? When you left, my heart went with you.
This sad phrase is also to express to someone loved how painful it is to part with her.
31. How do you look at the person you love and tell them it's time to go?
Another of the saddest farewell phrases, which reminds us how painful it is to say goodbye to a loved one.
32. Only what is lost is acquired forever.
A phrase by Henrik Ibsen to remember that what goes away stays with us as a memory.
33. It's always harder to be left behind than to be the one to leave.
This phrase by Brock Thoene can be applied in situations of heartbreak, when someone leaves another person.
3. 4. Despite the kilometers there may be between us, we are never apart, friendship is not counted in meters, it is measured by the heart.
Good friendships are maintained despite the distance and despite the goodbyes.
35. Whoever invented distance never suffered the pain of longing.
François de La Rochefoucauld reflects on this phrase about the pain of goodbyes and absences.
36. You're the goodbye I never wanted to say. You are the most painful of goodbyes.
Another deep phrase to say goodbye that expresses a lot of pain.
37. I'll be back so soon you won't have time to miss me. Take care of my heart, I have left it with you.
And this farewell phrase is ideal to dedicate to your loved one when we have to separate for a while.
38. Only in the agony of saying goodbye are we able to understand the depth of our love.
Sometimes we don't appreciate how much we want something until we lose it, according to this reflection by George Eliot.
39. Maybe part of loving is learning to let go.
Some goodbyes we have to say for love, according to this famous anonymous phrase.
40. Saying goodbye creates a kind of disgust for the one who says goodbye; this hurts and you feel like it shouldn't happen again.
Elizabeth Bowen reminds us how painful it is to have to say these parting words.
41. It is not the days that we remember, but the moments.
W alt Disney is attributed this phrase that we can dedicate to someone to say goodbye remembering the moments we have spent together.
42. The feelings of man are always the purest and the brightest in welcomes and farewells.
Deep phrase by Jean Paul Richter about what goodbyes make us feel.
43. Great is the art of beginnings, but greater is the art of endings.
Knowing how to say goodbye can be an art, but these farewell phrases can help inspire you.
44. You left without warning, today I live on the happy memories you left me.
A sad phrase but with a positive message, about remembering with love the loved ones who have left us.
Four. Five. Goodbye, pity me and don't stop loving me.
The picturesque and controversial Marquis de Sade said goodbye in this original way.
46. Bye! Goodbye forever, my good friend, sweet and sad memory of my childhood!
And this other parting phrase belongs to Edmondo de Amicis.
47. The two hardest things in life to say are 'hello' for the first time and 'goodbye' for the last time.
Moira Rogers compares again what greetings and goodbyes are.
48. If we meet again, I hope it will be in a better world.
And this other phrase to say goodbye conveys a message of hope.
49. Goodbye my friends, I'm going to glory!
And this phrase to say goodbye was pronounced by the dancer Isadora Duncan.
fifty. No more words. We know them all, all the words that shouldn't be said. But you have made my world more perfect.
Terry Pratchett leaves us this beautiful phrase to say goodbye is ideal to dedicate to a loved one.
51. How lucky I am to have something that makes me say goodbye.
And it is that great farewells are preceded by great stories. Quote by Carol Sobieski.
52. Never leave without saying loving words during your absence. You may not say them again in this lifetime.
According to this phrase by Jean Paul Richter, it is important to convey our love when saying goodbye in any circumstance.
53. They both sighed the same thing and today they are part of a distant rain, make no mistake, resentment is useless, they are spasms after goodbye.
Phrase about goodbyes belonging to the song “Adiós” by Gustavo Cerati.
"54. This is not a goodbye, but a thank you."
Nicholas Sparks leaves us this other original way to say goodbye without saying it.
55. There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.
We finish the list with some beautiful farewell words from Mahatma Gandhi, to remember that some absences will only be physical, since the absent person can remain in the heart.