When the grim reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words.

Flannery O'Connor

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Topic

Grim reaper Death Last Words Editing Writing

Author

Flannery O'Connor

Source

Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

O'Connor, Flannery. Letter to Catharine Carver. 27 Mar. 1959.

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Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Topic
The little things

Author

Rodgers and Hammerstein
Source
My Favorite Things The Sound of Music
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hammerstein, Oscar, II. "My Favorite Things." The Sound of Music. Composed by Richard Rodgers. 1959, Shubert Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Another quote about Death

I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

Homer

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Topic
Slavery Death

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 489-491.