http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery ... 30&index=8
I hadn't heard any of these before, apart from Kafka's. Chekhov's made me smile. I found Virginia Woolf's last words quite touching.
Any other famous last words (not necessarily from the world of literature)? George V's 'Bugger Bognor' or Bogart's 'I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis' spring to mind.
Literature's most memorable last words
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by TheGingerMan » 07 Aug 2010, 12:34
"I've had 18 straight whiskies . . . I think that's the record."
~~~Dylan Thomas
"Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers".
~~~ Walter De La Mare
"I must go in, the fog is rising."
~~~ Emily Dickinson
"Go away. I'm all right."
~~~ H. G. Wells
~~~Dylan Thomas
"Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers".
~~~ Walter De La Mare
"I must go in, the fog is rising."
~~~ Emily Dickinson
"Go away. I'm all right."
~~~ H. G. Wells
"Or fill high hawkfell of my hand,
with skalds reward for skilled word?"
~~~Egill Skallagrimssøn, c.974
"Opinion is underrated since it is too difficult for most and not understood by the rest."
~~~elektronisk
with skalds reward for skilled word?"
~~~Egill Skallagrimssøn, c.974
"Opinion is underrated since it is too difficult for most and not understood by the rest."
~~~elektronisk
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by Charlie Jack » 08 Aug 2010, 00:27
"Only one man ever understood me. And he didn't understand me."--Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher
"I am dying, as I have lived, beyond my means."--Oscar Wilde
"I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is used."--Dominique Bouhours, essayist
"Goodbye, everybody!"--Hart Crane
"I am dying, as I have lived, beyond my means."--Oscar Wilde
"I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is used."--Dominique Bouhours, essayist
"Goodbye, everybody!"--Hart Crane
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by elektronisk » 08 Aug 2010, 23:49
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” - jesus
Endeavour to dance a dance not yet named.
Make love your goal not your gaol.
Make love your goal not your gaol.
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by tomthorne » 08 Aug 2010, 23:54
elektronisk wrote:“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” - jesus
According to who?
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by Dougster » 09 Aug 2010, 00:37
matthew, mark, luke and john?
"A pair of quadruple whiskys and a pair of pints please" Withnail
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by elektronisk » 09 Aug 2010, 01:14
tomthorne wrote:elektronisk wrote:“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” - jesus
According to who?
You said "Literature".
BTW, is it who or whom?
Endeavour to dance a dance not yet named.
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Re: Literature's most memorable last words
by tomthorne » 09 Aug 2010, 07:47
elektronisk wrote:tomthorne wrote:elektronisk wrote:“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” - jesus
According to who?
You said "Literature".
BTW, is it who or whom?
Whom, I think. I find it a weird word. Don't like the sound of it.
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