Famous Dying Words

"Does nobody understand?"

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“Does nobody understand?”

- James Joyce

"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani?"

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“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani?”

- translation: God, God, why have you forsaken me?

Jesus of Nazareth, last recorded words prior to his death in the books of Mark and Matthew

"C’est ici le combat du jour et de la nuit. Je vois de la lumière noire."

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:22:47 -0500

“C’est ici le combat du jour et de la nuit. Je vois de la lumière noire.”

- translation: This is the fight of day and night. I see black light.

Victor Hugo

"One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although..."

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“One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.”

- Alfred Hitchcock

"Only you have ever understood me. … And you got it wrong."

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“Only you have ever understood me. … And you got it wrong.”

- George Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel

"Love one another."

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“Love one another.”

- George Harrison

"You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper."

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“You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.”

- Robert Alton Harris

"Everything is an illusion."

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“Everything is an illusion.”

- Mata Hari

"I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring."

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“I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.”

- Richard Feynmann

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking towards me, without hurrying."

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:00:26 -0500

“Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking towards me, without hurrying.”

- Jean Cocteau

"Now now, my good man, there is no time for making enemies."

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:56:46 -0500

“Now now, my good man, there is no time for making enemies.”

- Voltaire, responding to a priest at the side of his deathbed, asking Voltaire to use the precious few moments left to renounce Satan.

"I’ll be in Hell before you start breakfast! Let her rip!"

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:55:06 -0500

“I’ll be in Hell before you start breakfast! Let her rip!”

- Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum

"I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, you’re only going to a kill a man."

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:52:16 -0500

“I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, you’re only going to a kill a man.”

- Che Guevara

"I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can..."

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:29:25 -0500

“I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my ass.”

- Johnny Frank Garrett, Sr.

"Please don’t leave me. Please don’t leave me."

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“Please don’t leave me. Please don’t leave me.”

- Chris Farley

"I don’t care if I live or die. Go ahead and kill me."

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“I don’t care if I live or die. Go ahead and kill me.”

- Jeffrey Dahmer

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the..."

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:22:52 -0500

“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”

- Crowfoot

"Dammit…Don’t you dare ask God to help me."

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“Dammit…Don’t you dare ask God to help me.”

- Joan Crawford

"I’m so bored with it all."

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“I’m so bored with it all.”

- Winston Churchill

"All compound things are subject to breaking up. Strive on with mindfulness."

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“All compound things are subject to breaking up. Strive on with mindfulness.”

- Buddha