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title: "12 Ones Said Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [The hardest goodbyes are the ones never said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-hardest-goodbyes-are-the-ones-never-said/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“the most painful good-byes were the ones that were never said, never explained”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-jerome-dickey/the-most-painful-good-byes-were-the-ones-that-were-never-said-never/)

[Eric Jerome Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-jerome-dickey/)

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> [The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and are never explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-most-painful-goodbyes-are-the-ones-that-are-never-said-and-are/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [True goodbyes are the ones never said or explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hottiedevil/true-goodbyes-are-the-ones-never-said-or-explained/)

[HOttieDeviL](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hottiedevil/)

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> [It's funny how the people that hurt you the most are the ones who said they never would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/it-s-funny-how-the-people-that-hurt-you-the-most-are-the-ones-who/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

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> [The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said &amp; never explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-most-painful-goodbyes-are-the-ones-that-are-never-said-never/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“The hardest goodbyes are the ones that were never said and never explained, the ones where the story wasn't over.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-brown/the-hardest-goodbyes-are-the-ones-that-were-never-said-and-never/)

[Virginia Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-brown/)

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> [ “The Gnanis \[The enlightened ones\] have said that if one lives as if he is dead, death will never come to him.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/the-gnanis-the-enlightened-ones-have-said-that-if-one-lives-as-if-he/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [“No, Billy, not every time. He only answers the ones that are said from the heart. You have to be sincere and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilson-rawls/no-billy-not-every-time-he-only-answers-the-ones-that-are-said-from/)

[Wilson Rawls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilson-rawls/)

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> [“You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They're the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/you-forget-all-of-them-even-the-ones-you-said-you-loved-and-even-the/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [“After the dead words, after the ones still said and spoken, what do you expect? Some flying leaves, more scattered papers. Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicente-aleixandre/after-the-dead-words-after-the-ones-still-said-and-spoken-what-do-you/)

[Vicente Aleixandre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicente-aleixandre/)

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> [I heard it all the time, but I never looked at it that way. People that said I was too small were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-gilmour/i-heard-it-all-the-time-but-i-never-looked-at-it-that-way-people-that/)

[Doug Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-gilmour/)

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