Sayings

Best "Last Words" ever

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  • "Is it not meningitis?" ~~ Louisa M. Alcott, writer, d. 1888
  • "Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait." (In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.") ~~ Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789
  • "Am I dying or is this my birthday?" (When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.) ~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964
  • "Codeine . . . bourbon." ~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
  • "Die? I should say not, dear fellow.