If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?
Recorded Marcio Kogan said elsewhere, not written here
I would have my last meal in my office – since I spend most of my time there. But to cook I’d invite the Riviera’s Argentine chef Luciano “Lucho” Nardelli. My guests would be the architects who have worked closely with me: Pedro Ribeiro, Diana Radomysler, Suzana Glogowski and Renata Furlanetto; we’re working on a fantastic project in Barcelona.

Monocle issue 76, September 2014, last-meal series source ↗

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Omid Safi Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
The rest of that night is a feverish blur. I asked to talk to my mom; had a slice of chocolate cake; prayed. I remember waking up every few hours and seeing my mother praying by my bedside, then every nurse in the hospital, and then every cleaning staff member who loved my father for his kindness toward them throughout the years — all praying for me.

Recorded On Being column, 7 February 2018 source ↗

Jax Jones DJ and record producer
I’d run it like every day: have something good to eat, make sure my body’s feeling good, and then when it’s time to go I’d head to the spa and just be massaged into death.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 19 November 2019 source ↗

Brody Dalle Singer, songwriter and musician
This is so heavy. If I’m never going to see my kids and husband again, it’s to let them know how giantly, massively and crazily I love them. Every ounce of me loves them so deeply, it makes me cry.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 9 June 2014 source ↗

Tori Amos Singer-songwriter and pianist
That’s the point. I don’t have to achieve today. For an over-achiever that would be quite an unusual day. But there would be mental photographs taken of dear friends and family so that I could create a virtual reality of them wherever I was going.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 28 April 2009 source ↗

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