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“ This sadness will last forever
— Van Gogh’s last words 

(Source: thechocolatebrigade)
“ Codeine … bourbon.
— the last words of Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
“ It is very beautiful over there
— The last words of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931
“ Ring down the curtain, the farce is over!
— Rabelais’s last words
“ Things just went wrong too many times.
— Suicide note of Tony Hancock 
“ Does nobody understand?
— The last words of James Joyce

(Source: antevorta, via writingintheair)
Anna Pavlova as The Dying Swan, 1910 In 1931, just a few weeks shy of Pavlova’s 50th birthday, she was diagnosed with pneumonia & was told that if she didn’t receive an operation she would die, but that the operation would make it so that she could never dance again. “If I can’t dance I’d rather be dead,” she said & three weeks later she died of pleurisy while clutching her Dying Swan costume. Her last words were, “Play the last measure very softly.”
“ My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.
— Oscar Wilde’s last words 

(Source: catherinevania, via ghostgrl)
“ Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries.’
— James French, convicted murderer, before execution by the electric chair
“ We made a death pact, and I have to accomplish my part of the deal. Please bury me next to my baby. Please bury me with my leather jacket, my jeans and my biker boots. Goodbye. With love, Sid.
— Sid Vicious’s suicide note
“ I’ve had eighteen straight whiskeys; I think that’s a record.
— Dylan Thomas’ last words
“ I go to seek a great perhaps
— Rabelais’s last words
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