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Last Words Quotes - Page 4

Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.

To George, Lord Lyttelton, 15 May 1744, in Joseph Spence 'Anecdotes' (ed. J. Osborn, 1966) no. 637

I did not know that we had ever quarreled.

Henry David Thoreau, James Henry Daugherty (1967). “Henry David Thoreau: a man for our time”

Why not? After all, it belongs to him.

"Fictional character: Henri Verdoux". "Monsieur Verdoux", 1947.

I am not the least afraid to die

Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.348, Courier Corporation

A great leap in the dark

Last words, in John Watkins 'Anecdotes of Men of Learning' (1808

Shakespeare, I come!

Theodore Dreiser's intended last words said to H. L. Mencken, as quoted in William Manchester "Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H.L. Mencken" (pp. 109-110), 1950.

Let me go to the house of the Father.

"Vatican: Pope John Paul's Last Words in Polish". www.foxnews.com. September 18, 2005.

I expect I shall have to die beyond my means.

Said when a huge fee for an operation was mentioned, in R. H. Sherard 'Life of Oscar Wilde' (1906) p. 421

Every last word is contagious.

Jericho Brown (2015). “The New Testament”, p.13, Copper Canyon Press

I want nothing but death.

Jane Austen, Robert Morrison (2011). “Persuasion: An Annotated Edition”, p.323, Harvard University Press

Don't die like I did.

George Best's last words, published in "News of the World" with a picture of Best lying in his hospital bed, five days before his death, November 20, 2005.