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title: "12 Painful Goodbyes Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The only truly painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-truly-painful-goodbyes-are-the-ones-that-are-never-said-and/)

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Myself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myself/)

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> [“Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-harnisch/sadly-enough-the-most-painful-goodbyes-are-the-ones-that-are-left/)

[Jonathan Harnisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-harnisch/)

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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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> [One of the most painful goodbyes is when you know that the next time you meet, the hello won't be the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-of-the-most-painful-goodbyes-is-when-you-know-that-the-next-time/)

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

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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 most painful goodbyes are the ones never explained...the ones leaving you wondering and hopeless, you wonder what you did wrong...when maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-most-painful-goodbyes-are-the-ones-never-explained-the-ones/)

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

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> [“And then the death will come. The great parting, but the least painful of all the goodbyes we ever knew. For in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivo-andri/and-then-the-death-will-come-the-great-parting-but-the-least-painful/)

[Ivo Andric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivo-andri/)

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> [I'm tired of falling for so many lies, I'm tired of being a ghost; I'm tired of saying painful goodbyes, But I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-tired-of-falling-for-so-many-lies-i-m-tired-of-being-a-ghost-i-m/)

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

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

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

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