The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

The line juxtaposes two kinds of brevity: life’s overall span (“quicker than the wink of an eye”) and love’s lived experience, reduced to the smallest social units—greeting and parting. The ellipsis and “until we meet again” soften the finality of goodbye, suggesting recurrence, memory, or a spiritual/hopeful continuation beyond separation. Read as a reflection on impermanence, it urges attentiveness to fleeting moments and relationships, implying that what feels most meaningful is also what passes fastest. The phrasing has the cadence of a lyrical aphorism, which helps explain its circulation as a stand‑alone “Hendrix quote,” even when its precise provenance is unclear.