„It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life.“
— Terry Pratchett, livro The Last Continent
General sources
Variante: It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.
Fonte: The Last Continent
„The flowers flashed before they faded. She watched them flash.“
— Virginia Woolf, livro Between the Acts
Between the Acts (1941)
— Kresley Cole American writer
Fonte: Dreams of a Dark Warrior
— Terry Pratchett English author 1948 - 2015
This popular quote seems to be a paraphrase of an exchange in The Last Continent:
Is it true that your life passes before your eyes before you die?'
YES.
'Ghastly thought, really.' Rincewind shuddered. 'Oh, gods, I've just had another one. Suppose I am just about to die and this is my whole life passing in front of my eyes?'
I THINK PERHAPS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE'S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED 'LIVING'.
Misc
„A woman who can threaten your life before breakfast is the only sort of woman worth having.“
— Nora Roberts American romance writer 1950
Fonte: Black Hills
— Tom Lehrer American singer-songwriter and mathematician 1928
"Lobachevsky"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
„Singer worth their while must watch it;
Always count your dotted crotchet.“
— Caryl Brahms English critic, novelist, and journalist 1901 - 1982
Rappel 1910
— Neil Diamond American singer-songwriter 1941
I've Been This Way Before
Song lyrics, Serenade (1974)
„Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry“
— Paulo Coelho, livro O Alquimista
Fonte: The Alchemist
„It is sure to be dark if you close your eyes.“
— Chinmayananda Saraswati Indian spiritual teacher 1916 - 1993
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
— Sun Myung Moon Korean religious leader 1920 - 2012
Purity, Lineage and the Love Organ (of Life) http://www.unification.net/news/news20010218_2.html (2001-02-18)
