“if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.”

— Amy Hempel

Source: The Collected Stories

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Short story writer 1951

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“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”

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Variant: It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.
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“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.”

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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?'
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