Thursday, July 30, 2020

Quick Tumblr Thread: Last Words From Famous Writers


Some definite weird flexes in this quick Tumblr thread about the last words from various, famous authors. There's no telling what kind of potential jargon anyone is apt to spew when their time has come. Maybe words fall short in the face of death. 

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Text - S someoneintheshadow456 The Last Words Of Famous Writers dali-daydreams When you've dedicated your life to words, it's important to go out eloquently. 1. Ernest Hemingway: "Goodnight my kitten." Spoken to his wife before he killed himself. 2. Jane Austen: "I want nothing but death." In response to her sister, Cassandra, who was asking her if she wanted anything. 3. J.M Barrie: “I can't sleep." 11

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Text - 4. L. Frank Baum: “Now I can cross the shifting sands." 5. Edgar Allan Poe: “Lord help my poor soul." 6. Thomas Hobbes: “I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap into the dark," 7. Alfred Jarry: "I am dying... please, bring me a toothpick." 8. Hunter S. Thompson: "Relax – this won't hurt." 9. Henrik Ibsen: "On the contrary!" 10. Anton Chekhov: “I haven't had champagne for a long time." 11. Mark Twain: "Good bye. If we meet–" Spoken to his daughter Clara. 12. Louisa May Alcott: "Is

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Text - 15. Leo Tolstoy: "But the peasants...how do the peasants die?" 16. Hans Christian Andersen: "Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more." 17. Charles Dickens: "On the ground!" He suffered a stroke outside his home and was asking to be laid on the ground. 18. H.G. Wells: "Go away! I'm all right." He didn't know he was dying. 19. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "More light." 20. W.C. Fields: "Goddamn the whole fucking world and everyone in it except you, Carlotta!" "Carlotta" was Carlotta

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Text - 23. George Bernard Shaw: "Dying is easy, comedy is hard." 24. Henry David Thoreau: "Moose... Indian." 25. James Joyce: "Does nobody understand?" 26. Oscar Wilde: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." 27. Bob Hope: "Surprise me." He was responding to his wife asking where he wanted to be buried. 28. Roald Dahl's last words are commonly believed to be "you know, I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much!" which are the perfect last words. But, after he appeared to fall

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Text - 29. Salvador Dali hoped his last words would be "I do not believe in my death," but instead, they were actually, "Where is my clock?" 30. Emily Dickinson: "I must go in, the fog is rising." vintage-mist Tag yourself. I'm HG Wells. someoneintheshadow446 I'm James Joyce hummingbirdbandit No, but no one is explaining Ibsen! He had been really fucking sick for days, and woke up from a feverish night. His nurse? Wife? Asked him if he was feeling better. He smiled, said "On the contrary!" And d

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