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What would you like your final words to be? What would you like your final words to be?
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Seamus Heaney's last words were eloquent. As told by his son, Michael, at a requiem mass in Dublin yesterday, his message, in the form of a text to his wife, read "Noli timere" – Latin for "Don't be afraid."Seamus Heaney's last words were eloquent. As told by his son, Michael, at a requiem mass in Dublin yesterday, his message, in the form of a text to his wife, read "Noli timere" – Latin for "Don't be afraid."
Not everyone leaves a lasting impression with their final words, but there have certainly been some wonderful lines recorded through the ages. "This is the last of Earth! I am content" said John Quincy Adams, and Bob Marley reportedly left his son Ziggy this advice: "Money can't buy life."Not everyone leaves a lasting impression with their final words, but there have certainly been some wonderful lines recorded through the ages. "This is the last of Earth! I am content" said John Quincy Adams, and Bob Marley reportedly left his son Ziggy this advice: "Money can't buy life."
What memorable final words have you heard, and what would you like your last words to be?What memorable final words have you heard, and what would you like your last words to be?
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