“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 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.”
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
The Last Continent [Death and Rincewind] (1999)
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Often paraphrased as something like:
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.
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Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
André Gide (1869-1951) French author, Nobel laureate
Treatise on Narcissus [Le Traité du Narcisse] (1891)
