“Oh, the shame that I suffer now . . . the shame of a vanquished King.” And those were the last words of Henry Plantagenet.” — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
“She has often suspected that her last words to herself and in this world will prove to be 'You bloody old fool'… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
My mother's last word to me clanks inside me like an iron bell that someone beats at dinnertime: love, love, love, love,… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“I want my options left open.” Her last words left her breathless, and she leaned in closer, her breath on his chin.… — Melissa Foster Copy Share Image
“Sinking. Sinking, but instead of feeling panic or anything else, I realized that "Please guys, don't" were terrible last words.” — John Green Copy Share Image
There is an ancient script that says, 'He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be ignorant.' But I took off the… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is in some ways the goal: the ending that goes beyond… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison’s last words were, “It’s very beautiful over there.” I don’t know where there is, but I know it’s somewhere, and… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Floyd sometimes wondered if the Newspad, and the fantastic technology behind it, was the last word in man’s quest for perfect communications.… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Life remains what it is--deathless and unbound. We shall all meet again. Know what you are, and be free. The best counsel… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“I'm not wild...pussy," I said, stumbling over the last word and feeling my face heat. Desperately, I tried searching for a word… — Madeline Sheehan Copy Share Image
“My last words to him were to assure him that we would bring Sally to join him later. And you know what… — Justin Somper Copy Share Image
“You can't just make me different and then leave," I said out loud to her. "Because I was fine before, Alaska. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The best ending ever, for a science fiction book - or any novel, now that I think about it - was in… — John Gaver Copy Share Image
“And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Poster art was always my way of being involved in the conversation. So it wasn't just a one-way conversation with the police… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
“You know more useless crap, St. Clair. Good thing you're so darn cute," Josh says. St. Clair smiles. "At least 'cemetary' sounds… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“If your last words are somehow meant to encapsulate your entire existence, Liz finds um strangely appropriate. Um means nothing. Um is… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The trapper nodded and returned his pistol to its holster. 'He can count to one hundred if it suits you,' he said,… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
“Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things. He believed that the stars in the sky were only ghostly images of dead… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“I have lived nearly fifty years, and I have seen life as it is. Pain, misery, hunger ... cruelty beyond belief. I… — Dale Wasserman Copy Share Image
Look around you. The trees, flowers, birds, every animal and insect; every living thing. Its miraculous. And it is all going to… — Robert White Copy Share Image
The last word always belongs to the audience... that blessed connection... that is a most powerful feeling. One that is worth savouring… — Ruth Cracknell Copy Share Image
In the Old Language, she hissed, “If any harm shall befall him, I will come after you, and find you where you… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Im just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey. You might have him but havent you heard? You might… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Had I not known that I was dead already I would have mourned my loss of life. —last words of Ota Dokan,… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“Vandals listen only when others are stronger. If vandals are equal or stronger Their word is the last word.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
Fighting with the media almost always is a mistake. You can't win the argument, the media has the last word, and most… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going.… — John Green Copy Share Image
Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable. — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
“He stared at me and, though the fate he pronounced was golden, there was a malevolence in his dead eyes. ‘You will… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I held 18, 19, or 20-year-old men in my arms, and I heard their last words, and I saw them take their last breath. — James McCloughan Copy Share Image
I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
A dying mind is a demented mind, Lord Stark. For all the weight they're given, last words are usually as significant as… — Grand Maester Copy Share Image
And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“I don't want my last words to be, 'Oh god, a tiger is eating my face. My beautiful, beautiful face.'" -- Paley… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
“Her last words grabbed his attention, and he forgot me completely. Valerie looped her arm around Fane’s and they walked toward the… — Nikki Jefford Copy Share Image
“We are silent after hearing the Word because the Word is still speaking and dwelling within us. We are silent at the… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I happened upon a memoir by a midlevel White House staffer, and he had been in the room that [Nixon's last] night… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image