", A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, Gil Courtemanche, "'When the day shall come, that we do part,' he said softly, and turned to look at me, 'if my last words are not I love you yell ken it was because I didna have time.'". After all, tomorrow is another day. Americans have consistently called Mitchells Pulitzer Prize-winning novel one of their very favorites. Some are incredibly famous examples, others perhaps a little less obvious. And us so happy. Upon being arrested, Norma, who is convinced that the newsreel cameras filming her capture are part of her movie production, exclaims, "Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.". The great thing about this final line is that it finds Tony Stark doing something few superheroes ever do, which publicly identifying himself. "Oh, Jake, Brett said, we could have had such a damned good time together. Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. Hooper replies, "I can't imagine why. His comment is a sick joke, which is perfectly in keeping with Fight Club's entire aesthetic. The line also offers up a little hope for Rick, who just sent the love of his life away. Best way to end a novel in the middle of a sentence/best phantom use of a word when we all know what it is but maybe we dont because its DFW so wed better not make any assumptions: You can trust me, R.V. I carry a lot of scars. ", "We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long. ", "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. by Charles Dickens (1843). Its possible to measure the weight of a novel by the size of its impact crater. But which Shakespearean drama opens with the line, "I wonder how the king escaped our hands?" Take our quiz and see how well you know your Shakespeare. A character in one of Jess Walters novels says, A book can only end one of two ways: truthfully or artfully. Alas, most dont end truthfully or artfully, but there are rare exceptions: novels that conclude with such gracefully calibrated language that we close the back cover and feel physically imprinted, as though the words were pressed into us by a weight we can hardly fathom. Indeed, the Western image of the poetyouthful, idealistic, inspired . Part of HuffPost News. 1. Ten memorable Shakespeare lines. The children were excited. Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom. The narrative comes to us as a sprawling letter written by John Ames, a 77-year-old Congregationalist minister who fears he might die soon. She's considering the idea, too. Scholars of Elizabethan drama believe that William Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays between 1590 and 1612. ", "But the naming game involves only male names, because if it's a girl, Laila has already named her. A beautiful, or at least effective, final sentence anchors a story in a reader's mind long after the book is finished. During its initial release in 1999, Fight Club was widely misunderstood. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them; and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them. ", "I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth. the heroines decision to walk into the sea and drown herself. 10 quizzes and 105 trivia questions. See what he did there?! All of them wrap their respective movies up beautifully. He wanted money and power and influence, and he had those things. Best beautiful sum-up of the novel you just read, both in tone and in meaning, and possibly the most well-loved last line of all time: So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. Most superhero stories end triumphantly with the good guy taking down the villain and receiving public adoration as a result. That this time - please just this once - it will leave without us. Toy Story 3 ends on a note that is both beautiful and sob-inducing. "Then starting home, he walked toward the trees, and under them, leaving behind him the big sky, the whisper of wind voices in the wind-bent wheat. . Everything revolves around the identity of a mysterious criminal named Keyser Soze. For much of the film, he has been portrayed as a monster; a giant, crazed animal to be feared. Play. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, He becomes a script doctor on what she intends to be her comeback project, a film she wants legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille to direct. Into this upper-crust club comes condo developer Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield). For the Olympic gymnast, success comes down to how well she sticks the landing. In the movie's final minutes, the limping Verbal exits the police station, and viewers see his disability immediately disappear. By: Nathan Chandler. If you don't stop and look around once and a while you might miss it." Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) 111 27 3. Like Fitzgerald's final lines, Cather's provide a poignant thesis statement. A vague last line casts a shadow over the entire novel, whereas a powerful and poignant one will keep you wondering for weeks to come. No wonder she dreams of going "somewhere over the rainbow." Their land will then be re-watered, leading to growth and prosperity for the new owners. A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore (2009), Novels and short stories make different demands on their forms and their readers. In feeding them with those my former fortunes. He no longer needs them and decides to leave them in the hands of a child who will love them the way he did. ", "'From the Land of Oz,' said Dorothy gravely. It determines if parting is such sweet sorrow or a thudding disappointment. He convinces Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) to let him take responsibility for the murders to avoid the dispiriting consequences. He may be sad, but he's got a new direction, plus someone to go down that road with. The miracle vitamins, the cures for cancer, the remedies for obesity. Mills' partner, Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tries to convince him not to shoot the killer because that would allow Doe to "win." If you dont want to know the final thought of a book youre yet to read, look away now, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ", "He reached the top of the bank in a single, powerful leap. 19. 2. I don't know why mine never turn out like hers, or why my tears flow so freely when I prepare them - perhaps I am as sensitive to onions as Tita, my great-aunt, who will go on living as long as there is someone who cooks her recipes. ", "The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. "From The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. Ethereal and evocative, this line nicely wraps up Capote's deeply personal and heart-wrenching story. So many heroes invent personas specifically to prevent anyone from discovering their true identity. Henry's summation of it all: "I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook. The Maltese Falcon has a plot that confuses a lot of viewers, at least on first viewing. Four decades later, I can still feel the shock of reaching the end of Steinbecks novel about an Oklahoma family traveling to California in search of work. This is the very famous last line of "Casablanca" which starred Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid and Ingrid Bergman. I took one more glance over my past life, then turned to the future. As the movie wraps up, Somerset, in voiceover, says, "Ernest Hemingway once wrote, 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' 'You can trust me,' R.V. The quoted lines occur in a voiceover as people enter and exit a hotel's revolving door. Following a lengthy series of complications, Joe essentially tells Norma that her dream will never come to fruition. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway (1926). Perhaps the greatest failure of American literature, which is so bravely explicit about all other aspects of life, is its nervous avoidance of anything explicitly religious. Salinger. This writers personal favorite. Not Nolan's tale; it finds Batman absorbing all of Gotham's rage and hostility in order to preserve an important ideal. by John Steinbeck (1939). All that was left was love and wonder. The Matrix, released in 1999, dazzled audiences with its then-groundbreaking visuals and trippy philosophical elements. His mix of treacly self-pity, witty cynicism and clinical depression speaks for millions of lonely people forced to endure a world of phonies. Here's looking at you, kid. His final advice, not to tell anybody anything, could have run anywhere in the novel, but it sounds especially poignant at the end of his journey. Best description weve ever read of rationalizing one decision over and over as you make the other decision with your body: They were frantic, calling out to him, but they were dead, as dead as the ancient dead, and he was alive, he was needed at home, it was a no-brainer, no one could possibly blame him for this one, and making a low sound of despair in his throat he kicked off his loafers and threw his long ugly body out across the water. Wake up to the day's most important news. Anyone who has ever seen Se7en cannot forget its harrowing ending. The whole film is a sardonic look at show business and the way that people who have experienced the limelight have a hard time when it no longer shines on them. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate. If he ever had a reason to hate the water, it would be after the harrowing experience he's just had. The movie's suggestion that power and corruption are inextricably connected certainly gave it resonance for audiences of that era. And all that cal. ", "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. The Broom of the System, David Foster Wallace. Not love, necessarily, but a protective form of kinship. Torn between two very different men, Madeleine endures real tragedy before finally correcting her course, which we, her desperate fans, cant know for sure until that very last word. If you do, you start missing everybody. The first lines of Leo Tolstoy's 1873 novel are some of the most famous of all time. This pays off in the final scene, where they're driving a yacht away from a pier. The land is not to be sold.' '", "The broken flower drooped over Ben's fist and his eyes were empty and blue and serene again as cornice and facade flowed smoothly once more from left to right, post and tree, window and doorway and signboard each in its ordered place. The Road won a Pulitzer Prize and even spurred the normally shy author to agree to speak with Oprah for his first-ever television interview. "From White Noise by Don DeLillo. ", "With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate terms. From old-school classics like Casablanca to modern masterpieces like Inglorious Basterds, these are the most remarkable final movie lines of all time. The elitist snobs are no longer in charge. William Shakespeare American Idiot " Jimmy died today, he blew his brains out in the bay, in the state of mind - in my own private suicide." St. Jimmy And Then There Were None "The legal life's narrowing. This is the last we hear from the Bard; it's the final line of his final play, a humble request for applause before he leaves the stage. ", "She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously. Ames describes adventures both historical and spiritual. Orwells protagonist, Winston Smith, works as a reviser of historical records in the Ministry of Truth before becoming a member of a doomed resistance movement. Sure, Kansas feels dull to Dorothy, but it's where the people who love her are. But Jake isnt having it anymore. Before moving to Washington, he edited the books section of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. ", "He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together; and waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance. "There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air." "The Awakening," by Kate Chopin (1899) At the end of Henrik Ibsen's play "Hedda Gabler" (1891), a trapped and passionate. ", "The men began singing, a grave, slow song that drifted away into the night. Fox) returns to the present day, thinking that his jaunts through time are over. Gillian Anderson quiz: A Streetcar Named Desire or The X Files? Famous Last Words in theatrical productions. Till we felt our eyes could meet again, without the tears. One of the most-quoted lines from Casablanca, "Here's looking at you, kid," is one that Humphrey Bogart ad-libbed during the flashback scenes of Rick and Ilsa falling in love in Paris. ", "She opened the door wide and let him into her life again. "A sound of clicking heels on the pavement punctured the quiet. Most grandiose and declarative/most often quoted by people who have no idea where its from: It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known., 18. Considering Salingers many decades as the nations most famous recluse, were tempted, of course, to consign that same pain to the author. There is an attempt to dry up land to drive orange-growers out of business. "From In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. While nowhere close to historically accurate, it's a fine example of cinematic wish fulfillment. Theatre quiz: which Shakespeare character is dying? "From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 20. The School, Donald Barthelme (From Sixty Stories). "If music be the food of love, play on" Twelfth Night Romeo and Juliet A Midsummer Night's Dream Reveal 2. 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