Ames describes adventures both historical and spiritual. O, let me cry. "From In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. ", "At that, as if it had been the signal he waited for, Newland Archer got up slowly and walked back alone to his hotel. Now, they are on the same side of a political cause. Most widely debated and surprising-yet-inevitable suicide-based ending ever: Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple. ", "But I don't think us feel old at all. That this sentence is the last line from Cheever's last novel makes it even more of a quaint, humble nod to his role as a teller of quiet, suburban stories. "To be, or not to be: that is the question." "Hamlet". In Hucks sweet accent, Twain captures the spirit of an adolescent nation determined to resist domestication and to keep exploring the unknown. Gordon reluctantly agrees. During its initial release in 1999, Fight Club was widely misunderstood. Good . Roy Scheider's Brody spends the movie trying to get the citizens of Amity Islandespecially the town's mayorto take his shark warnings seriously. I smoke a little dope. and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. Lorrie Moore, one of the best short story writers alive, once said, The end of a story is really everything, and for many years it seemed she had abandoned novel writing altogether. The movie used broad humor to touch on these subjects, making for an incredibly daring comedy for the time. But, eventually, he's caught in a pinch by the Feds. A Complete List of Shakespeare's Plays. "But that is another tale, and as I said in the beginning, this is just a story meant to be read in bed in an old house on a rainy night. Famous Last Words in theatrical productions. ", "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. quiz. the heroines decision to walk into the sea and drown herself. No name can be read there. Goodfellas ends with him stuck in the kind of lifestyle he always hoped to avoid. I'm so glad to be at home again! I carry a lot of scars. After so much trauma and the exhausting exorcism that concludes the novel, what other ending would do but a final invocation of that child who represents so many snuffed out by our nations foundational sin? Wake up to the day's most important news. All that remained of the German regiment was a little cloud of dust. 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. The DeLorean then launches into the air and zooms right toward the camera. ". '", "Archie, for one, watched the mouse. 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. 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. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. 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. Speeches (Lines) for Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream" Total: 33. print/save view. Weve already given you a rundown of our favorite opening lines in literature, but since every beginning needs an ending (and youd be surprised at how many works with awesome first lines also have awesome last lines or perhaps you wouldnt be surprised), we feel compelled to treat you to a list of our favorite last lines as well. Shakespeare's Opening Lines: The Quiz If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it. "A sound of clicking heels on the pavement punctured the quiet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling. "Oh, Jake, Brett said, we could have had such a damned good time together. Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. All that was left was love and wonder. As Woody watches him fade into the distance, he utters the bittersweet words, "so long, partner.". Not so Gilead, the first book in Robinsons Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy about two families in Iowa. I kissed her a few times on the brow. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To honour it, we have curated eight thought-provoking lines from some of the world's most famous plays- from Macbeth to Harry Potter And The Cursed Child. The ending would be a downer were it not for Gordon's admiring words. In response to that challenge, 18-year-old Mary Shelley conceived of the worlds most famous monster. It pulls together elements from a lot of disparate influences to ask what reality is and how anyone could really know if what they are experiencing is real. Osgood announces his intention to marry Daphne, at which point Jerry rips off the wig and exposes himself as a man. Now, of course, his story about a handsome gangster is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Their land will then be re-watered, leading to growth and prosperity for the new owners. Its a monstrously selfish act borne of panic over his lost youth and the soul-crushing responsibilities of adult life. The dreaminess of this entire novel is punctuated with this final sentence, which is more of an ellipses than a stark period. Inside, the agent comes to the shocking realization that he just let the real Keyser Soze get away. whither wander you? Roman Polanski's Chinatown provides Jack Nicholson with one of his most iconic roles, that of private investigator Jake Gittis. ", Create and edit your own book list on Stylist here, "One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet? ", Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Sskind, "Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead. In this closing scene, the lovely Lady Brett tempts Jake once again to imagine what a damned good time they could have had. Alcott gives little indication of what horrors may have shaken Father during his fight for abolition, and Little Women ends with Mrs. March saying, Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this. But by the time March returns to his happy home at the end of Brookss novel, we know him as the haunted survivor of carnage and a crushing spiritual crisis. The entire Toy Story series deals with the connection between playthings and the children who own them. 'Come in, Mrs. Brown,' she says. 8. 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. "The cults of the famous and the dead" is such a punchy last line, it could just as well serve as the book's subtitle. John Keats 101. Having a perfect capper ensures the movie will linger in the viewer's head long after it's over. The 2008 Marvel movie Iron Man tells Tony Stark's origin story, showing how the billionaire playboy industrialist develops his trademark suit of armor and starts fighting crime. Surely we have learned by now that such judgments are of necessity culture-specific. The lessons of the past, he notes chillingly, are obscured by the passage of time. Most superhero stories end triumphantly with the good guy taking down the villain and receiving public adoration as a result. (Miranda, Act 3 Scene 1) The clouds methought would open and show riches. '", "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. If you do, you start missing everybody. While the line can certainly be taken literally, this could also be interpreted as the director inserting a comment about the film. When a film has the perfect final line, the audience goes home on a high, and these are some of the very best examples of that. The story ends with the protagonist, Neo (Keanu Reeves), destroying the evil Agent Smith and learning how to control the Matrix. ", "I'm fine. Considering Salingers many decades as the nations most famous recluse, were tempted, of course, to consign that same pain to the author. The Usual Suspects isn't just a movie; it's a magic trick. The next day, Tony stands at a press conference and makes a stunning confession: "the truth is, I am Iron Man.". ", "My husband remained there some time after me to settle our affairs, and at first I had intended to go back to him, but at his desire I altered that resolution, and he is come over to England also, where we resolve to spend the remainder of our years in sincere penitence for the wicked lives we have lived. ", "This stone is entirely blank. Theologically, the story is a gooey mess of New Age mysticism, but its emotionally effective because Sebold got Susies voice just right. The Extra-Terrestrial. ", "And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever. That this time the wind will not hear. The really interesting thing, though, is that his parting words also offer a glimpse of hopeand the only one in Seven, for that matter. His eyes, she sees, are open. At every turn, there are bribes, lies, cover-ups, and conspiracies. 3.66 avg rating 137,082 ratings. Helen came and embraced me. Mitchell's famous last lines are at once heartbreaking and hopeful. There is an attempt to dry up land to drive orange-growers out of business. by J.D. He wants Mills (Brad Pitt) to kill him so that he can finish his series of murders based on the seven deadly sins. Only months after it was published, Fitzgerald referred to Gatsby as a flop, and copies of the second printing were gathering dust in the publishers warehouse 15 years later when he died. ", "And then, while the pretty brunette girl finished singing her verse, he buzzed me through like I was someone who mattered. (Hamlet) "To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the . Salinger (From Nine Stories ). ", "We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long. Ten memorable Shakespeare lines. 4 min. Best wonderfully mangled last line from a wonderfully mangled novel: Prettiest description of oblivion and both the interconnectedness and meaninglessness of worldly phenomena that also sounds something like a dehumanized version of the last line of The Great Gatsby: The wake itself remains, etched out across the waters surface; then it fades as well, although no one is there to see it go. It was Beauty killed the Beast.". ", "She opened the door wide and let him into her life again. "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. Im a man of my, 6. The lines belong to Lily Briscoe, the novel's resident artist, but could just as easily describe the work of art that Woolf has just concluded. ", "She had started to cry softly. . h'd. Now my spirit is going; Give me some wine, and let me speak a little. What was the last line? The first lines of Leo Tolstoy's 1873 novel are some of the most famous of all time. ", "But that is the beginning of a new story - the story of the gradual renewal of a man, the story of his gradual regeneration, of his passing from one world into another, of his initiation into a new unknown life. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway (1926). He has just been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Part of HuffPost News. As a man, he makes his way into the Mafia, where he's guided by three mentors: Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino), Jimmy "the Gent" Conway (Robert DeNiro), and the volatile Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci). 'Im a man of my'"From The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace. He watched it scurry away, over his hand. said, watching her hand. The cults of the famous and the dead. The now-college-aged Andy gives all his old toysincluding Buzz Lightyear and beloved cowboy doll Woodyto a little girl. It eats Quint (Robert Shaw), escapes an effort by Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) to spear it with poison, then attacks Brody, who is on a sinking boat. ", "I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the valley of Panjsher on my lips. "For both of us a new life is beginning" Constellations An Ideal Husband Chimerica 3. Hamlet contemplating suicide in his famous soliloquy. The children were excited. Beloved.. Neo's final words in the film play directly into this idea, even going so far as to suggest that reality is what people make it. The quoted lines occur in a voiceover as people enter and exit a hotel's revolving door. This Civil War story cleverly blends biographical details about the real Bronson Alcott, Louisa Mays father, with elements of the fictional Mr. March, who has gone south to serve as a chaplain to Union soldiers. Aside from the obvious reference to Beauty and the Beast, the line is powerful because it, ironically enough, humanizes Kong a little. "Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is. ", Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells, "And so farewell from your little droog. His mix of treacly self-pity, witty cynicism and clinical depression speaks for millions of lonely people forced to endure a world of phonies. Even today, millions of people think of the ravages of the Great Depression through the lens of Steinbecks story. Ford is better known for his books about real estate agent Frank Bascombe, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, but this novel is his finest. Her extraordinary novel Their Eyes Were Watching God fell out of print and was essentially forgotten, until Alice Walker rediscovered it in the 1970s. By Benjamin Voigt. OPTIONS: Show cue speeches Show full speeches # Act, Scene, Line (Click to see in context) Speech text: 1. Books, poetry, etc?I always likedquote: So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back. ", "Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and, after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. One of his associates leads him away from the scene of a standoff, offering the advice, "forget it, Jake. We held each other. Hamlet's dying 'The rest is silence,' is the perfect end of anything. We arrive at the final page in a state of utter desolation. ", The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, "Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper. It is based on the true story of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), a guy who grew up idolizing gangsters as a kid. What Jack tells Marla at the end of the film underscores the primary idea behind the story which is that he has lost himself and can't quite find his way back. Toy Story 3 (2010) "So Long, Partner." Toy Story 3 ends on a note that is both beautiful and sob-inducing. 20. The School, Donald Barthelme (From Sixty Stories). From classics such as George Orwells Animal Farm to L. Frank Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Stylistrounds up the most memorable 100 last lines from literature ever written. ", RELATED: 10 Unpopular Opinions About E.T. ", "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. The novels final scenes of physical torture including the gruesome rat helmet are undeniably terrifying, but whats most chilling is the governments success at twisting the very minds of its subjects. The Catcher in the Rye, "Dont ever tell anybody anything. The Silence Of The Lambs "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner." Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) 127 33 2. A Tale of Two Cities , Charles Dickens. ", "The men began singing, a grave, slow song that drifted away into the night. The elitist snobs are no longer in charge. When Max gave up being king of where the wild things are, sailed back to his room and found dinner waiting for him, his mothers love is confirmed, and the natural order of his world is restored. Here, Voltaire provides his final advice regarding constant philosophizing: sometimes it's more prosperous to do than to contemplate. In voiceover, as Batman flees, viewers hear the cop state that "he's not our hero. Isnt it pretty to think so?, 2. A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery OConnor (From The Complete Stories ). 01. of 10. Here's looking at you, kid. Elliott is visibly upset about having to part, so his intergalactic buddy lights up his finger, points it at the boy, and informs him "I'll be right here. From old-school classics like Casablanca to modern masterpieces like Inglorious Basterds, these are the most remarkable final movie lines of all time. The movie's theme could not be laid out any more succinctly; The Wizard of Oz is about a number of things, but nothing more than the idea of home. In order to avoid being found, they dress up as women and invent new personas for themselves: Josephine and Daphne. Now, fortunately, the tumultuous story of Janie, a black woman in Florida, is firmly rooted in the canon of American literature, and every year new readers come and see., Where the Wild Things Are, Those words are meaningful because the entire theme of The Dark Knight is meaningful. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.From The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. "From Continental Drift by Russell Banks. "The Maltese Falcon" "Key Largo" . Toy Story 3 ends on a note that is both beautiful and sob-inducing. It'd be a glaring omission to not mention Fitzgerald's oft-quoted thesis about the American Dream. The plot of Sebolds debut novel sounds equally gruesome and mawkish: Susie, a 14-year-old girl, is raped and murdered by a neighbor, and then she describes her familys reaction from heaven. Killer John Doe (Kevin Spacey) reveals that he cut off the head of protagonist Mills' pregnant wife and stuck it in a box. He's asked what it is, to which he replies "the stuff that dreams are made of.". Ethereal and evocative, this line nicely wraps up Capote's deeply personal and heart-wrenching story. ", Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, "Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. And they can kiss my sharries. 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. Fight Club's ending scene is seriously audacious, offering a somewhat bleak outlook for the character going forward. But Jake isnt having it anymore. She knew firsthand the deleterious effects of that lack of demand. Soon the road was empty. Gillian Anderson quiz: A Streetcar Named Desire or The X Files? The tales of the supernatural and the extraterrestrial. We're all gonna get laid!". 10. All gathering towards this one.". I was eager to embrace the world. Of course, former slaves and historians had described the horrors of slavery before, but nearly 125 years after Emancipation, Morrison made the psychological legacy of the Souths peculiar institution palpable as no other book ever had. Plays Sonnets Poems Concordance Advanced Search About OSS. It's why Batman, Spider-Man, and so many others wear masks. Kong takes one of the planes down, but he ultimately loses his balance after being shot, leading him to fall to his death. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. ", "Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for himand it was still hot. The Broom of the System, David Foster Wallace. She gets her wish when a tornado hits and whisks her off to the magical land of Oz, where she makes some hip new friends and has to contend with a wicked witch and her flying monkeys. ", "Might I trouble you then to be ready in half an hour, and we can stop at Marcinis for a little dinner on the way? ", "The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the utmost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. It was a bestseller when it was published during the Great Depression, and just last year, it ranked No. ", "The white floodlight shines through the wispy tule and makes thin shadows. 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. Even today, Chopins final image of sensuous natural beauty is deeply unsettling. I got my thousand-yard stare. We follow them across hundreds of thousands of words, but the final line can make or break a book. 19. ", "'From the Land of Oz,' said Dorothy gravely. Where we're going, we don't need roads!" Anyone who has ever seen Se7en cannot forget its harrowing ending. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O'Neill [1956]. ", "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. So many heroes invent personas specifically to prevent anyone from discovering their true identity. 'You can trust me,' R.V. This is certainly one of the most famous lines of dialoguefinal or notin cinematic history. He and Rick suddenly have things of substance in common. Shakespeare's plays and sonnets are some of the most quoted in all of literature. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. Its a plaintive acknowledgment that his wandering confession to us has brought him no comfort. ", "Up out of the lampshade, startled by the overhead light, flew a large nocturnal butterfly that began circling the room. II,1,368. people dont do such things. A few years later, Chopin ran right up against those same stultifying expectations in her last novel, The Awakening, about a wife and mother who falls in love with another man and begins to imagine a different life. These dramatic works encompass a wide range of subjects and styles, from the playful "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the gloomy "Macbeth." Shakespeare's plays can be roughly divided into three . The mystery ends with a revelation of incest, the death of a major character, and a lot of bad people still left to do their thing. He's a silent guardian. South-south-west, south, south-east, east ", "I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. But, for movies, the opposite is often true. The right parting words help to drive the story's theme home in a meaningful way, encapsulating its entire point. Tony Stark, never one to do things in a conventional manner, defies tradition by letting the world know who the iron-clad hero they've been following really is. In feeding them with those my former fortunes. "From The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. "From The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Rick wants to help Ilsa and her husband escape to America. From old-school classics like Casablanca to modern masterpieces like Inglorious Basterds, these are the most remarkable final movie lines of all time. In fewer words than most novelists use in a single paragraph, Sendak managed to capture our fundamental fears and thrills. It's the next breath we all take. Tortured by loneliness, the monster ultimately flees to the North Pole, and the doctor dies in pursuit. "From Oh What a Paradise It Seems by John Cheever. Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot revolves around two musicians, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon), who witness a gangster murder. And Carlson said, 'Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys? The Extra-Terrestrial tracks the relationship between an adorable alien visitor who has accidentally been stranded on Earth and the young boy he befriends. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, "This game is seven-card stud" A Streetcar Named Desire Journey's End Dealer's Choice Reveal 2. Just like good books, good plays can teach you many life lessons. But no one can forget Vivien Leigh I mean Scarlett OHara uttering that blithely optimistic line, which has since slid away from its source and entered our vernacular as an expression of gallows humor. ", The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "My personal rollercoaster. Professor Pieixoto describes the challenges of transcribing the story weve just read from 30 cassette tapes found in an army footlocker. ", "Of course, it's only superstition, just for fun. The scene takes place before the Battle of Agincourt in Northern France, specifically on October 25th, 1415 (a day known as Saint Crispin's Day). ", A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, Asne Seierstad, "It was then that I began to sit on my bed and stare out at the nibbling squirrels, and to make up powems from intense abstraction, hour after unmarked hour, imagination scarcely faltering once, rhythm hardly skipping a beat, while sisters called me, suns rose and fell, and the poems I made, which I never remembered, were the first and last of that time", "And presently, like a circling typhoon, the sounds of battle began to return. The strains of the piano and violin rose up weakly from below. But even more arresting is the books moral struggle to understand and forgive his parents failings and his own. The there was a knock on the door, I opened the door, and the new gerbil walked in. 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. About confronting the end?! 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