Famous Suicide Notes

[Onyx]

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead.

~~ Nicolas-Sebastien Chamfort, French writer, d. 1794

Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going Courtney, for Frances for her life will be so much happier without me. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU.

~~ Kurt Cobain, musician, d. April 8, 1994

Goodbye, everybody!

Last words as he jumped off the cruise ship "Orizaba." (His body was never found.)

~~ Hart Crane, poet, d. April 27, 1932

To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?

~~ George Eastman, inventor, d. March 14, 1932

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye

My love, you are in my heart.

It was preordained we should part

And be reunited by and by.

Goodbye: no handshake to endure.

Let's have no sadness -- furrowed brow.

There's nothing new in dying now

Though living is no newer.

Written in his own blood, and given to a friend the day before he hanged himself.

~~ Sergei Esenin, Russian poet, d. Dec. 28, 1925

When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.

~~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman, writer, d. August 17, 1935

( As an advocate for the right-to-die, Gilman committed suicide on August 17, 1935 by taking an overdose of chloroform. She "chose chloroform over cancer.")

Lets see if this will do it.

Accidental suicide as he shot himself with a blank-loaded pistol on the set of TV spy show "Cover Up."

The concussion forced a chunk of his skull into his brain; he died six days later.

~~ Jon Erik Hexum, actor, d. October 18, 1984

All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre;

The feast is over, and the lamps expire.

~~ Robert E. Howard, writer, d. June 11, 1936

I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go thru another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices

~~ Virginia Woolf, author, d. March 28, 1941

Don't worry, it's not loaded.

Suicide playing Russian roulette.

~~ Terry Kath, rock musician, d. January 23, 1978

They tried to get me - I got them first!

Suicide by drinking Lysol.

~~ Vachel Lindsay, poet, d. December 4, 1931

I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace. No one had anything to do with this. My decision totally.

~~ Freddie Prinze, comedian, d. January 29, 1977

Dear World, I am leaving you because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool - good luck.

~~ George Sanders, British actor, d. April 25, 1972

When I am dead, and over me bright April

Shakes out her rain drenched hair,

Tho you should lean above me broken hearted,

I shall not care.

For I shall have peace.

As leafey trees are peaceful

When rain bends down the bough.

And I shall be more silent and cold hearted

Than you are now.

Suicide note to her lover who left her.

~~ Sara Teasdale, poet, d. 1933

To Harald, may God forgive you and forgive me too but I prefer to take my life away and our baby's before I bring him with shame or killing him, Lupe.

~~ Lupe Velez, actress, d. December 13, 1944

The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way.

~~ James Whale, film director, d. May 29, 1957

I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time.

~~ Wendy O. Williams, punk rock performer, d. April 6, 1998

and my personal favorite

And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide.

Shot herself during broadcast.

~~ Chris Chubbuck, newscaster, d. July 15, 1974

[Fierce Critter]

Dear World, I am leaving you because I am bored...

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Sounds like something a few DGN'ers would say.

[Homicidalheathen]

Ok this is pretty frickin' goth.

Also, did you notice how many were artists or otherwise creative people?

I don't feel so all alone now....... :erm :fear

[n0Mad]

I never really understood the point of suicide notes. If you take the time and effort to write a note, then obviously you care about someone and/or know that someone cares about you. So then why kill yourself? If you're considerate enough to write a note, then you should be considerate enough to stay alive and work through whatever's troubling you.

At least that's the case with me anyway. My two attempts 6 years ago and 8 years ago I just hated my life so much, hated where I was at, and didn't give a shit about anything except leaving it all behind. No note, no words, no giving gifts to friends or telling people goodbye. I had completely withdrawn from everybody and everything and was so isolated that the only person living in my world was me, so there was nobody worth telling I was going to die except myself, but I already knew. Or perhaps I didn't because it came as a complete shock to me when I saw the blood and that's the spark that brought me back to life.

Anyway ... sorry to rant. Remember, "I'm not emo. I'm bitter and resentful. There's a difference." (Heh, so I guess right now my spite is what's keeping me going.)

[Msterbeau]

Anyway ... sorry to rant.  Remember, "I'm not emo.  I'm bitter and resentful.  There's a difference."  (Heh, so I guess right now my spite is what's keeping me going.)

It's nice that you believe your own proaganda... Heh...

And it sucks that nobody cared enough for you to let you get in such a lonely place... Or maybe I should be bonking you on the head for letting yourself get to that place... Hmmm... *Wanders off and ponders this dichotomy*

As for the list... I'm with Onyx... The last one has a nice flare for the dramatic. :whistling

[n0Mad]

And it sucks that nobody cared enough for you to let you get in such a lonely place... 

I forced them away and ran when they tried to follow. I had some friends that cared so much, they Orpheused their way all the way into my Hades to bring me back. I didn't want to follow them though. Like Eurydice, I looked back knowing full well where I was going. I enjoyed my hell because it was much less painful than the real world those close to me wanted me to live in.

Or maybe I should be bonking you on the head for letting yourself get to that place... 

Yeah, that's the one. I've learned my lesson and will never go back there again. No longer will I be Eurydice. Now I am Orpheus and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure nobody looks back. Even if it's cutting out your eyes.

On second thought, then you might be Oedipus and we don't want any incest.

As for the list...  I'm with Onyx...  The last one has a nice flare for the dramatic.  :whistling

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I agree. Can you imagine sitting down to watch the nightly news over dinner with the family and seeing that? :blink

[Homicidalheathen]

I have decided not to let my mind even go there. I realize now that my S.A.D. is just chemical and won't let my mind get too far gone in the dumps.

We are here for you.......lots of us go through this. We even had a thread about it for awhile so you know your not alone.

If you ever feel lonely just Im one of us I am sure we would love to chat with you.

[JaneDead]

I never really understood the point of suicide notes.  If you take the time and effort to write a note, then obviously you care about someone and/or know that someone cares about you.  So then why kill yourself?  If you're considerate enough to write a note, then you should be considerate enough to stay alive and work through whatever's troubling you.

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so true

[cthulhu63]

You've got the one I immediately thought of when I saw this thread, Robert E. Howard's.

Did anyone ever publish what John Kennedy Toole's note said?

[Scary Guy]

I don't know what I like better, the last or the second to last.

Listining to Tom Waits while reading it too just puts you in a place of sadness few really want to ever go or see. Still not the worst though.

[Mikielikesit]

And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide.

Shot herself during broadcast.

~~ Chris Chubbuck, newscaster, d. July 15, 1974

That is diffinately a show stopper........The conviction and the statement her actions made are just intense.

[soothsayer]

This is such an up lifting thread and, it's the holiday season when the suicide rate is the highest. Hmmmmmm?

[Scary Guy]

http://www.deathclock.com/view_quotes.cfm

ah good it sitll exists.