Last Word
Last words are so last season
We used to attach more significance to a person's dying words, but now death takes us more often by surprise
01 December 2019 - 00:00
When I was very young some especially lugubrious relative gave me a book containing the last words of famous people, and I pondered those very solemnly and appreciatively...
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