Final Act Quotes

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'

They always remember the last thing you do. They don't remember the things before.

I like to think that it isn't weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair.

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]

Early this morning, I signed my death warrant.

His avenging angel had come to call him home. A suicide was waiting for him back in his own world, and by now he ought to have learned enough to get through it successfully.

Death is just the last scene of the last act.

I decided then that if the two people I loved most were safe, I could leave this world. The dead could finally have me. And Iʹd fulfilled my purpose, right? To protect? Iʹd done it. Iʹd saved Lissa, just like Iʹd sworn Iʹd always do. I was dying in battle. No appointment books for me.

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

When you look at your life as an artist, you do see that when you get to be 60, you're coming - this is the last chapter.

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.

It becomes an emperor to die standing.

Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.

Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them.

When the curtain falls no one is ready

The encore should wrap up the audience's experience of the piece you just played.

I would compare kicking to being a closer in baseball. This whole game gets played, or the cake is made in front of you, so to speak, and you have to turn around and put the icing on the cake.

Everyone remembers the last thing you did.