"Friends applaud, the comedy is finished."
~~Ludwig van Beethoven d. 26 March 1827
"Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not seperate us, we have been so happy."
~~Charlotte Bronte (spoken to her husband of 9 months, Rev. Arthur Nicholls) d. 31 March 1855
"Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight."<
~~Lord George Byron, d. 1824
"Damn it. . .Don't you dare ask God to help me."
~~Joan Crawford (to her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud), d. 10 May, 1977
"I must go, the fog is rising."
~~Emily Dickinson, d. 1886
"It is very beautiful over there."
~~Thomas Edison, d. 18 October 1931
"Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark."
~~O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), d. 4 June 1910
"I see a black light."
~~Victor Hugo, d. 22 May 1885
"Does anybody understand?"
~~James Joyce, d. 1941
"I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you."
~~James K. Polk (spoken to his wife, Sarah), d. 1849
"I've had eighteen straight wiskeys, I think that's a record. . ."
~~Dylan Thomas, d. 1953
"Moose. . .Indian. . ."
~~Henry David Thoreau, d. 6 May 1862
"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."
~~Leonardo da Vinci, d. 1519
"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."
~~Oscar Wilde, d. 30 November 1900
Suicide Notes
"When I am dead, and over me bright April
Shakes out her rain drenched hair,
Tho you should lean above me broken hearted,
I shall not care.
For I shall have peace.
As leafy trees are peaceful
When rain bends down the bough.
And I shall be more silent and cold hearted
Than you are now."
~~Sara Teasdale (to her lover who left her) d. 1933
