“Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
That morning I was not yet a vampire, and I saw my last sunrise. I remember it completely, and yet I can't… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars That make ambition virtue! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I read in announcements of deaths 'peacefully in his sleep' and I wonder how many of those are true. Maybe they are… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Well, my friends give me purple flowers and orange tea and goosedown spinning quilts and torquoise chairs we greet one another in… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
“He remained seated on his revolving stool, turned toward us, hands between his knees, in a position the same as ours, and… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
It is equally impossible to forget our Friends, and to make them answer to our ideal. When they say farewell, then indeed… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Lay her i' the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I haven't a clue about the biology or the psychology involved when a person dissolves into tears, but it is quite fascinating… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
In the New Testament alone there are Gospels, acts, epistles, and an apocalypse. Gospels contain literary forms like miracles, parables, pronouncements, proverbs,… — Craig Blomberg Copy Share Image
But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
One can imagine a time when men who still inhabit organic bodies are regarded with pity by those who have passed on… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Korea's first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
I had that morning gone to say my farewells to Broadhurst and to the RAF. I had made a point of going… — Pierre Clostermann Copy Share Image
“Svenson jammed the cap down over his ears and marched for the door. “ ‘Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to war… — Charlotte MacLeod Copy Share Image
I die just when I see the dawn break, Through the gloom of night, to herald the day; And if color is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How innocent were these Trees, that in Mist-green May, blown by a prospering breeze, Stood garlanded and gay; Who now in sundown… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
“Farewell, Mother, careworn and abiding, Farewell, Papa, faded brightness hiding. Farewell, Constanze, I took your tales to heart, Farewell, Hans, and your… — S. Jae-Jones Copy Share Image
Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There are many different types of kisses. There's a passionate kiss of farewell - like the kind Rhett gave Scarlett when he… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
![“I read in announcements of deaths 'peacefully in his sleep' and I wonder how many of those are true. Maybe they are just conventional. I hope they are true whenever I read it of someone. [But] I would rather be awake. Peacefully awake, brim full of some calming drug that was seeing me out of the…” quote by Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/ian-mcewan-494_announcements_i-read-in-announcements-of-deaths-peacef_2639930.jpg)
