The other day I
chanced upon a list of the final words spoken by some notable people before
their passing. Following are a few that particularly
struck me:
Vladimir Nabokov,
writer of the book Lolita, was also an entomologist. He was particularly interested in
butterflies. His last words: “A certain butterfly is already on the wing.”
Emily Dickinson,
the famous American poet, said this before dying: “I must go in, for the fog is
rising.”
Buddy Rich, the
renowned jazz drummer, died following surgery. As he was being prepped for the surgery, a
nurse asked him, “Is there anything you can’t take?” Rich replied, “Yeah, country
music.”
—Mitchell Hegman
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