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a59b249
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"Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps."
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last-words
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John Green |
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58afd67
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"I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot, and towards the end, his wife started crying and screaming, "I want to go too! I want to go too!" And with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned to her and spoke his last words: "We are all going."
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last-words
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John Green |
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e4ca81f
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I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.
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looking-for-alaska
last-words
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John Green |
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4cf675d
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Last words are always harder to remember when no one knows that someone's about to die.
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last-words
remember
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John Green |
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df35ef2
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Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!
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humor
inspirational
last-words
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Karl Marx |
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7a8b94e
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"He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful." ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important."
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last-words
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Mario Puzo |
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a35124d
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Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better this morning,' and Isben looked at her and said, 'On the contrary,' and then he died.
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death
halter
henrik-isben
miles
pudge
green
john
last-words
looking
dying
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John Green |
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f08462b
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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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religion
god
inspirational
last-words
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Plotinus |
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7c87338
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"Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art." (Last words, according to Dickens's obituary in .)"
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writer
inspirational
fulfillment
last-words
natural
rules
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Charles Dickens |
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b0f11de
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"Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher's last words were "Now comes the mystery." The poet Dylan Thomas, who liked a good drink at least as much as Alaska, said, "I've had eighteen straight whiskeys. I do believe that's a record," before dying. Alaska's favorite was playwright Eugene O'Neill: "Born in a hotel room, and--God damn it--died in a hotel room." Even car-accident victims sometimes have time for last words. Princess Diana said, "Oh God. What's happened?" Movie star James Dean said, "They've got to see us," just before slamming his Porsche into another car. I know so many last words. But I will never know hers." --
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last-words
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John Green |
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"Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher's last words were "Now comes the mystery." The poet Dylan Thomas, who liked a good drink at least as much as Alaska, said, "I've had eighteen straight whiskeys. I do believe that's a record," before dying. Alaska's favorite was playwright Eugene O'Neill: "Born in a hotel room, and--God damn it--died in a hotel room." Even car-accident victims sometimes have time for last words. Princess Diana said, "Oh God. What's happened?" Movie star James Dean said, "They've got to see us," just before slamming his Porsche into another car. I know so many last words. But I will never know hers."
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last-words
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John Green |
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ef4f519
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It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations.
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death
last-words
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John Green |
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fea325f
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"Having reached 451 books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring, "Too bad! Only four hundred fifty-one." (Those would be my next-to-last words. The last ones will be: "I love you, Janet.") [They were. -Janet.]"
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love
last-words
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Isaac Asimov |
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cb37206
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Et puis, tenez, monsieur Marius,je crois que j'etais un peu amoureuse de vous.
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pontmercy
thénardier
Éponine
marius
les-misérables
last-words
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Victor Hugo |
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fdc4107
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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last-sentence
last-lines
last-words
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Roald Dahl |
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c5fd284
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Why didn't they ask the Evans?
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murder
last-words
why
mystery
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Agatha Christie |
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6984399
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"Pa said, "Won't you say a few words? Ain't none of our folks ever been buried without a few words." Connie led Rose of Sharon to the graveside, she reluctant. "You got to," Connie said. "It ain't decent not to. It'll jus' be a little. The firelight fell on the grouped people, showing their faces and their eyes, dwindling on their dark clothes.All the hats were off now. The light danced, jerking over the people. Casy said, It'll be a short one." He bowed his head, and the others followed his lead. Casy said solemnly, "This here ol' man jus' lived a life an' just died out of it. I don't know whether he was good or bad, but that don't matter much. He was alive, an' that's what matters. An' now his dead, an' that don't matter. Heard a fella tell a poem one time, an' he says 'All that lives is holy.' Got to thinkin', an' purty soon it means more than the words says. An' I woundn' pray for a ol' fella that's dead. He's awright. He got a job to do, but it's all laid out for'im an' there's on'y one way to do it. But us, we got a job to do, an' they's a thousan' ways, an' we don' know which one to take. An' if I was to pray, it'd be for the folks that don' know which way to turn. Grampa here, he got the easy straight. An' now cover 'im up and let'im get to his work." He raised his head."
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death
life
last-words
funeral
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John Steinbeck |
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cde4f06
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I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude.
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life
last-words
dying
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Oliver Sacks |
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c6b00c6
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No matter what my fucking last words were, please say they were these: 'I have always known that the pursuit of excellence is a lethal habit.
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humor
last-words
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John Irving |
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eb923db
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"Dzelat mi prilazi i kaze: "Spustite glavu na panj i rasirite ruke kad budete spremni, gospo." Poslusno spustam ruke na panj i nespretno kleknem na travu. Osecam njen miris pod kolenima. Osecam bol u ledima i cujem krik galebova i neciji plac. A onda odjednom, bas kad se spremim da spustim celo na hrapavu povrsinu panja i rasirim ruke da dam znak krvniku da moze da udari, odjednom me preplavljuje talas radosti i zudnje za zivotom, i kazem: "Ne." Prekasno je, dzelat je vec zamahnuo sekirom iznad glave, vez je spusta, ali ja kazem: "Ne" i ustajem, pridrzavajuci se za panj da se osovim na noge. Osetim strahovit udarac na potiljku, ali gotovo nikakav bol. Silina udarca obara me na zemlju i ja ponavljam "Ne", i odjednom me obuzima buntovnicki zanos. Ne pristajem na volju ludaka Henrija Tjudora, ne spustam krotko glavu na panj i nikada to necu uraditi. Boricu se za svoj zivot i vicem "Ne!", pokusavajuci da ustanem i "Ne", kad osetim novi udarac, "Ne" dok puzem po travi, a krv mi lipti iz rane na vratu i glavi i zaslepljuje me, ali ne gusi moju radost u borbi za zivot iako mi on izmice, i svedocenju, do poslednje g casa, o zlu koje Henri Tjudor nanosi meni i mojima. "Ne!", vicem. "Ne! Ne! Ne"
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death
margaret-pole
philippa-gregory
intriguing
haunting
henry-viii
last-words
execution
dying
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Philippa Gregory |
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72173c9
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In this life, I had all I ever wanted. Losing Erik was a sadness that knit itself into my soul, but that sadness was balanced out by all that came after. The years with you, my little girl, and with your grandfather and all the people of Bella Vista. It has been a life of abundance, and I will always be grateful for that.
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gratefulness
last-words
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Susan Wiggs |