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Remember you must die, so remember to live (memento mori debes, sic vivere memento)
"I've never felt better." — Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Actor, 56
"I want to go when I want to go. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly." — Albert Einstein
"Give me my glasses." — Mark Twain
"Pull up the shades; I don't want to go home in the dark." — O. Henry, Author
"These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." — William James
"But the peasants...how do the peasants die?" — Leo Tolstoy
"One last drink, please." — Jack Daniel
"Swing low, sweet chariot." — Harriet Tubman (disputed). Others say her last words were, “Give my love to the churches. Tell the women to stand firm. I go to prepare a place for you.”
"Don't baby me so!" — J. P. Morgan
"So here it is at last, the distinguished thing." — Henry James
"Put that bloody cigarette out!" — Saki (Hector Hugh Munro), British Author
"I don't want the doctor's death. I want to have my own freedom." — Rainer Maria Rilke
"I think I'll go for a drive before dinner – anyone coming?" — Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne, Irish novelist, prior to dying in auto accident
"I think it is time for morphine." — D. H. Lawrence
"You are wonderful." — Arthur Conan Doyle, speaking to his wife
"It's very beautiful over there." — Thomas Edison
"Does nobody understand?" — James Joyce
"At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves." — George Orwell
"This is it! I'm going. I'm going." — Al Jolson
"I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel room and, goddamn it, dying in a hotel room." — Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, to his wife Carlotta
"Let's have a really good red wine tonight." — Carl Jung
"God bless ... God damn." — James Thurber
"Happy anniversary. I love you." — Vince Lombardi to his wife
"You see, this is how you die." — Coco Chanel
"Drink to me." — Pablo Picasso
"That was a great game of golf, fellas. Let's get a Coke." — Bing Crosby
"Money can't buy life." — Bob Marley
"Just don't leave me alone." — John Belushi
"Where is my clock?" — Salvador Dalí
"See you later, I feel like I'm in good hands." — Jim Henson
"Oh, come on." — Kingsley Amis
“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” — Leonardo da Vinci
“Don’t be in such a hurry.” — Billie Holiday
“I’m looking for loopholes.” — W.C. Fields, comedian, when asked why he was reading the Bible on his deathbed.
“Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” — Oscar Wilde
“This dying is boring.” — Richard Feynman
“A dying man can do nothing easy.” — Benjamin Franklin, after his daughter told him to change position in bed so he could breathe more easily.
“I’m going away tonight.” — James Brown
"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." — Steve Jobs
Noli timere (Latin) "Don't be afraid." (see Matt. 14:27). Last words of Irish poet Seamus Heaney sent in a text to his wife.
"Dictionary." -- Joseph Wright, Editor of the English Dialect Dictionary
"Happy." -- Raphael, Italian Artist
Gustav Mahler, Composer Gustav Mahler died in bed, conducting an imaginary orchestra. His last word was “Mozart!”
“I’m going, but I’m going in the name of the Lord.” -- Bessie Smith, Blues Singer
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer Jean-Philippe Rameau objected to a song sung at his bedside. He said, “What the devil do you mean to sing to me, priest? You are out of tune.”
“I’m losing.” -- Frank Sinatra
“I love you very much, my dear Beaver.” -- Jean-Paul Sartre to Simone de Beauvoir
“Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here.” -- Nostradamus
“A certain butterfly is already on the wing.” -- Vladimir Nabokov, Author and Entomologist
“God bless Captain Vere." -- Herman Melville, Author of Moby Dick, referring to his then unpublished novel Billy Budd
“Pardonnez-moi, monsieur.” -- Marie Antoinette after stepping on her executioner's foot.
“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” -- Leonardo da Vinci
“Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.” -- John Wayne replying to his wife, actress Pilar Pallete
“Go away. I’m all right.” Spoken to a nurse. -- H. G. Wells
Ce sunt eu, vei fi și tu. Ce ești tu, am fost și eu. (What I am, you will be. What you are, I was too).