“I guess this is it," Chelsea said. "The beginning of good-bye.”
“...she had wondered which was worse: the sudden good-bye you know is a good-bye or the long good-bye you have to guess.”
“Carl was just saying good-bye," Mom said."Really," I said. "He must speak in tongues.”
“Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.”
“I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.”
“Good-bye Dr. Steve,' I said, then climbed the stairs and went to the fifth floor to die.”