You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you. No one should have gone through what we went through, but we did. And it kills me to think of it. But I didn't love you like you loved me. I don't hate you for that. It just makes me sorry, that there isn't someone else who could love you better. I know when you think about how I went, you'll get it. I was always uneasy about being alive. The idea of being dead makes me feel clear. When I think of it. It makes me think peace, peace, peace. It makes me happy. I am looking forward to it, to the absence of everything. And so I want you to be happy for me, that this is better for me. That I found what I needed. I know you won't be. But it's the last thing I want. You happy. Alexander Chee
About This Quote

In this quote, John Lennon says that death is a better place to be than the way he felt living. He was a man who knew that life could be hard, but he wanted to make sure that others didn't have to feel the same way. He wanted his love to make a difference in their lives. It's a quote about how he wanted to live and how he felt alive.

He used the word "peace" three times and it fit perfectly because he meant that peace was something that everyone could find. Finally, he wanted his best friend to know that he was happy knowing that his death made him happy because it meant that someone else would be happy as well.

Source: Edinburgh

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