Wonderful quotes and sayings

Beautiful, heartwarming words: A collection of memorable quotes to share with those who have experienced parting.

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Started working as a music writer as a side job while employed at a record shop, and for over 18 years I’ve contributed to music magazines, disc guide books, mooks, and web media. As a writer my main field is Western music, but as a listener for over 35 years, I always try to keep my curiosity alive with the motto “I like what I like.” I have experience playing in bands, where I was a bassist who handled songwriting and composition. Instruments I’ve played include bass, guitar, and piano. I began studying English in my mid-40s and continue to do so today.

In the course of a long life, everyone inevitably experiences partings—whether from romantic relationships or changes in life stages.

Even when a parting is a positive one, it’s only natural that some sadness may linger.

Here, we’d like to introduce a collection of quotes that can gently empathize with such feelings and, at times, give you a strong push forward.

The words left by great figures from around the world—poets, writers, philosophers—resonate with our hearts across all eras.

Please enjoy this lovely collection of quotes you’ll want to give to someone dear who has gone through a farewell.

Beautiful words that strike the heart. A collection of memorable quotes to give to those who have experienced parting (21–30)

Every event has meaning. To live is to understand that meaning.Suzanne Somers

No matter how painful an experience may be, let’s find its meaning.

It may well be preparation for what comes next.

When something painful or sad happens, we should strive to understand the meaning of that experience.

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Life is made up of meetings, connections, and farewells. Between the moment we meet and the moment we part, there are joys and sorrows, and getting through them safely is what it means to live.Jakuchō Setouchi

These are words by Jakuchō Setouchi.

Normally, we go about our lives peacefully without thinking much about their meaning, but when we experience heartbreak or parting from someone, don’t they strike a deep chord? When we reflect at such times, aren’t the important scenes of our lives often intertwined with both bonds and farewells? And conversely, in those moments, we sometimes can’t recall the happy things or the feeling of happiness.

This quote pierces the heart with the idea of valuing happy times on the same level as sad ones—and of overcoming them alike.

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In the past, doff your hat in respect; in the future, take off your coat and face it head-on.Clare Boothe Luce

Clare Boothe Luce was an American playwright, a member of the U.S.

House of Representatives, and also served as U.S.

Ambassador to Italy.

This famous quote suggests that we should not neglect past events, but learn from them with respect, and devote ourselves fully to the future we can still change.

She also left another well-known saying: “There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them,” which conveys her objective and forward-looking attitude.

I would like to tip my hat to such a memorable quote of hers in admiration.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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If two people love each other, a happy ending is impossible.Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea: A Collection of Hemingway’s Famous Quotes (Nobel Prize in Literature Winner)

If two people love each other, a happy ending is impossible. —Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway, a novelist who had a profound impact on 20th-century literature and lifestyle and who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The words, “If two people love each other, there can be no happy end,” may be a message that only Hemingway—who was not blessed with a happy married life—could convey.

The idea that it’s inherently difficult for people with different personalities and backgrounds to get along can ease the burden on those who blame themselves for a breakup.

Precisely because it’s difficult, when things do end happily, you can rejoice from the heart—these are words to keep in mind when being with someone.

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Hoshino Takashi

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If you keep looking down, you won’t be able to find a rainbow.Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin

Charles Chaplin The Great Dictator

If you keep looking down, you won't be able to find a rainbow.Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin

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When you go through a heartbreak, it can feel like the whole world is submerged in sadness, and you might wonder why everyone else seems happy while you’re the only one suffering.

But if you wear a gloomy expression, you might let the next happiness pass you by! These are Chaplin’s gentle words reminding us that it’s precisely when we’re sad that we should face forward.

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Even if everything is lost, the future still remains.Christian Bovey

[Quotation] The future is still ahead of us. (American writer, Christian Nestell Bovee)

Even if everything is lost, the future still remains. — Christian Nevell Bovee

Christian Nestell Bovee, an American writer and lawyer.

I think his famous quote means that no matter how difficult something is or how irreparable it may seem, as long as we are alive, a completely fresh future still awaits us.

The harder things get, the more we tend to be dragged down by the past, but remembering that our own resolve and awareness can carve out a very different future gives us the strength to stay positive.

It’s the kind of quote I want to jot down and revisit when times are tough.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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The fire of love sometimes leaves the ashes of friendship.Henri de Régnier

[Request] It’s been two years since we stopped contacting each other—has he already forgotten about me? Does he still have our LINE messages? Does he want to get back in touch with me? — 3 choices —

The fire of love sometimes leaves the ashes of friendship. — Henri de Régnier

Henri de Régnier, known as a poet and novelist and for works such as “Le lendemain” (The Next Day) and “La Peur de l’amour” (The Fear of Love), once said: “The fire of love sometimes leaves the ashes of friendship.” This means that a love that once burned intensely may, after it fades, remain in the form of friendship.

Many people may relate to the outcome in which a bond endures as a human connection precisely because both parties cared for and respected each other.

It’s a memorable quote that conveys the message that a breakup is not necessarily the end; the person may become an irreplaceable presence in your life.

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Hoshino Takashi

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