A bundle of old letters tied with a blue ribbon lies on a round tray beneath a dried rose.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks that others be told of a wonderful life. It is a calm, appreciative summing-up, offered as a message to pass on rather than a complaint, and it frames the life as good as a whole.

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