“Keep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye.”
“I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.”
“Came to . . . see you.”“But I had to go home, remember? You were supposed to say good-bye.”“Don't know why you . . . say good-bye. I say . . . hello.”Her lip quivers between reactions, but she ends up with a reluctant smile. “God you're a cheeseball. But seriously, R—”
“Good-bye,' he said with sudden force, and his eyes gleamed with their last light. 'Good-bye.... Listen ... you know I didn't kiss you then.... Breathe on the dying lamp, and let it go out ...”
“We can't be sad for her," she murmured. "Only for ourselves at having to say good-bye.”
“I couldn't loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her.”