--- title: "12 Final Moments Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Final Moments quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Final Moments sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/ann-christy-54894_life_if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i_3195326.jpg" --- > [“If this is the end of my life, at least I can have the final moments of it with Jovan, who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-christy/if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i-can-have-the-final-moments/) [Ann Christy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-christy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/ann-christy-54894_life_if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i_3195326.jpg) > [“For the few remaining hours of my life I will keep it close. This last gift from Peeta. The only one I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/for-the-few-remaining-hours-of-my-life-i-will-keep-it-close-this-last/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/suzanne-collins-60_life_for-the-few-remaining-hours-of-my-life-i_2607451.jpg) > [“Perhaps it would be better if your whole life had the same transparency as in its final moments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timoth-e-de-fombelle/perhaps-it-would-be-better-if-your-whole-life-had-the-same/) [Timothée de Fombelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timoth-e-de-fombelle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/timoth-e-de-fombelle-28454_better-life_perhaps-it-would-be-better-if-your-whole_584756.jpg) > [“That if he were killed in the next few weeks, it would assuredly be near her. At her feet, in her bed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-mallory/that-if-he-were-killed-in-the-next-few-weeks-it-would-assuredly-be/) [Anne Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-mallory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/anne-mallory-9907_charlotte_that-if-he-were-killed-in-the-next-few-w_3234586.png) > [I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/i-had-a-friend-who-worked-at-a-hospice-and-he-said-people-in-their/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/brad-pitt-1608_accomplished_i-had-a-friend-who-worked-at-a-hospice-a_1516707.jpg) > [“He wondered what his father had been thinking in those last final moments as he was slipping away, whether the heroism, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-kirwan/he-wondered-what-his-father-had-been-thinking-in-those-last-final/) [Barry Kirwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-kirwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/barry-kirwan-39699_adventure_he-wondered-what-his-father-had-been-thi_2197353.jpg) > [Peeta rinses the pearl off in the water and hands it to me. “For you.” I hold it out on my palm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/peeta-rinses-the-pearl-off-in-the-water-and-hands-it-to-me-for-you-i/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/suzanne-collins-60_accepting_peeta-rinses-the-pearl-off-in-the-water_1338426.jpg) > [“It is there, in the final moments, for people whose farthest horizon has always been tomorrow, that one comprehends the profound tragedy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-guevara/it-is-there-in-the-final-moments-for-people-whose-farthest-horizon/) [Ernesto Guevara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-guevara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/ernesto-guevara-37995_life_it-is-there-in-the-final-moments-for-peo_33384.jpg) > [“Miriam wished for so much in those final moments. Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/miriam-wished-for-so-much-in-those-final-moments-yet-as-she-closed/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/khaled-hosseini-251_peace_miriam-wished-for-so-much-in-those-final_3104134.png) > [“As a physician, who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people's lives including their final moments, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadine-healy/as-a-physician-who-has-been-deeply-privileged-to-share-the-most/) [Bernadine Healy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadine-healy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/bernadine-healy-192217_death_as-a-physician-who-has-been-deeply-privi_1160235.jpg) > [Heavens happiness would be a stranger to me to my one true friend. I know you saw this coming although you didnt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/she-s-gone/heavens-happiness-would-be-a-stranger-to-me-to-my-one-true-friend-i/) [She's\_gone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/she-s-gone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/she-s-gone-735_final-words_heavens-happiness-would-be-a-stranger-to_2618881.jpg) > [“When people die,” I said, “and you’ll be able to verify this for yourself—most of ’em move on. A few of ’em…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-castillo-price/when-people-die-i-said-and-you-ll-be-able-to-verify-this-for-yourself/) [Jordan Castillo Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-castillo-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/jordan-castillo-price-17382_business_when-people-die-i-said-and-you-ll-be-abl_2000056.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/final-moments/#itemlist", "name": "Final Moments Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If this is the end of my life, at least I can have the final moments of it with Jovan, who I have loved since I was too young to understand what love was.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Christy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-christy/if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i-can-have-the-final-moments/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/ann-christy-54894_life_if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i_3195326.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/ann-christy-54894_life_if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i_3195326.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/ann-christy-54894_life_if-this-is-the-end-of-my-life-at-least-i_3195326.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If this is the end of my life, at least I can have the final moments of it with Jovan, who I have loved…” — Ann Christy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For the few remaining hours of my life I will keep it close. 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Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Miriam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad. 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It is the gift of greatest worth.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernadine Healy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadine-healy/as-a-physician-who-has-been-deeply-privileged-to-share-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/bernadine-healy-192217_death_as-a-physician-who-has-been-deeply-privi_1160235.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/bernadine-healy-192217_death_as-a-physician-who-has-been-deeply-privi_1160235.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/bernadine-healy-192217_death_as-a-physician-who-has-been-deeply-privi_1160235.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a physician, who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people's lives…” — Bernadine Healy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Heavens happiness would be a stranger to me to my one true friend. I know you saw this coming although you didnt know it. your calls stopped me in the past but not for now. although I may have smiled and laughed they were all fake just so people wouldnt be dragged with me even now I'm not sad because I'm doing so much better by finally being gon as these final moments pass I remember a quote what seems like the right thing to do could also be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life. in my case its suicide. finger on the barrel my final words are said your all welcome .< 3", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "She's_gone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/she-s-gone/heavens-happiness-would-be-a-stranger-to-me-to-my-one-true-friend-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/she-s-gone-735_final-words_heavens-happiness-would-be-a-stranger-to_2618881.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/she-s-gone-735_final-words_heavens-happiness-would-be-a-stranger-to_2618881.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/she-s-gone-735_final-words_heavens-happiness-would-be-a-stranger-to_2618881.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Heavens happiness would be a stranger to me to my one true friend. 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When they die.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jordan Castillo Price" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-castillo-price/when-people-die-i-said-and-you-ll-be-able-to-verify-this-for-yourself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/jordan-castillo-price-17382_business_when-people-die-i-said-and-you-ll-be-abl_2000056.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/jordan-castillo-price-17382_business_when-people-die-i-said-and-you-ll-be-abl_2000056.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/jordan-castillo-price-17382_business_when-people-die-i-said-and-you-ll-be-abl_2000056.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When people die,” I said, “and you’ll be able to verify this for yourself—most of ’em move on. 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