Last Wish Quotes

“Before she cut her birthday cake, she cast a wish, then blew the candles out from his eyes.”
― Anthony Liccione

“I want, I said, to be a tree. She thought it was the drugs speaking. I was asleep before I could share the secret I once learned of a pomegranate orchard's prodigious growth: Old trees, dying, may burst after fruitless years into sudden blossom, a final exuberance of flower and sugar. Toward sun. At the last, even trees ache in their sap for pleasure.”
― C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

“كان بودّي

ماتت السنابل.
أرض الله تحتضرُ..
في يدك، وردة شهية تدعوني لغيثٍ منتظرُ..

كان بودّي..”
― Malak El Halabi, سمير

“Did my dad fool the medical professionals or were we involved with a system that avoided end-of-life discussions? Those conversations might have given my dad the opportunity to focus on last wishes, meaningful conversations, and clarify his needs.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent

“If only I could know I’m dead... and think about my death... I’ll miss the thinking... my own opinions... consciousness... something to experience something...looking down and seeing my hands... Wow... hello mind... I know my fingers so well... I like them... okay...what’s going to happen now?... I feel it, I feel it, it’s coming, right here, right here, hurry... This was all so lucky.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, The Goodbye Song