Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) Polish-born Jewish-American author
The New York Times (26 November 1978)
Source: Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) Polish-born Jewish-American author
The New York Times (26 November 1978)
“Die, my dear doctor! That's the last thing I shall do!”
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) British politician
Apocryphal account of Palmerston's last words - Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men, 6th ed., comp. by Samuel Arthur Bent. Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1887; [Date of Printout]. via Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/344/308.html <br class="br">Misattributed
“I was the only calm one in the house. You see I’ve been shot at by experts.”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Comment on his World War I experience after an assassination attempt on (1 November 1950) as quoted in Bess W. Truman (1986) by Margaret Truman
“Then I will speak upon the ashes.”
Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
Andrew Solomon book The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Source: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression