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. ", "It's funny. 19. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'You can trust me,' R.V. Mitchell's famous last lines are at once heartbreaking and hopeful. (Caliban, Act 3 Scene 2) Our revels now are ended. Nancy Dell'Olio v Jeremy Paxman, Quiz: match the stage directions to the play, Which Shakespeare characters speak these lines? He wants Mills (Brad Pitt) to kill him so that he can finish his series of murders based on the seven deadly sins. Its no real pleasure in life., 3. The miracle vitamins, the cures for cancer, the remedies for obesity. After all, tomorrow is another day. . ", "There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it. Previously, their dealings were driven by individual self-interest. "This game is seven-card stud" A Streetcar Named Desire Journey's End Dealer's Choice Reveal 2. And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip-music brrrrr. Morrisons classic novel about slavery begins with this enigmatic line: 124 was spiteful. We come to understand that animus slowly, as the story of a murdered baby moves backward and forward in time, before and after the Civil War. ", "We sat there for a long time, till the crowd around us thinned, till the sun shifted and the light changed. The framing device entails the only guy who can pinpoint Soze, Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) telling customs agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) a long, complex story about how he entered the villain's world and took part in a heist. Yes, I said. We're all gonna get laid!". The Usual Suspects ends with a callback in which Verbal provides a very telling quote: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. I play video games. Although two centuries have passed since Dr. Victor Frankenstein turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, his creatures plaintive cry still moves anyone who has a beating heart. ", The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera, "As I left China farther and farther behind, I looked out of the window and saw a great universe beyond the plane's silver wing. Ethereal and evocative, this line nicely wraps up Capote's deeply personal and heart-wrenching story. 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. I have bad dreams but I never saw Mister Duck again. ' Et tu Brute ' is the definitive accusation of someone who has deceived you or let you down. 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. Crime, however, does not payor at least not for very longand his house of cards comes crumbling down. ", "For Siddalee Walker, the need to understand has passed, at least for the moment. The land is not to be sold.' quiz. If you do, you start missing everybody. Snow fell from the darkening, leaden sky. 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. Even today, millions of people think of the ravages of the Great Depression through the lens of Steinbecks story. By the movie's end, he has a super-suit of his own, which he uses to battle Stark, but Iron Man wins. His comment is a sick joke, which is perfectly in keeping with Fight Club's entire aesthetic. Everyone is now free to have a good time at the club no matter who they are, where they come from, or how much money they have. And oh, Aunt Em! If On a Winters Night a Traveler , Italo Calvino. 4 min. Best reason to go adventuring in Wonderland: 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. Ferris Bueller's Day Off "Life moves pretty fast. All kinds of spot-on criticisms have been leveled against the novel (and producer David Selznicks 1939 movie) for its romanticized racism. Hooper plays along with the joke, and the audience gets a laugh that breaks the tension before the credits roll. Its a plaintive acknowledgment that his wandering confession to us has brought him no comfort. In fact, he confesses that the universality of his experience frightens him. ", Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling, "He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. The children cheered wildly. The Broom of the System, David Foster Wallace. Twilight came on. Theologically, the story is a gooey mess of New Age mysticism, but its emotionally effective because Sebold got Susies voice just right. That contrast is most evident in the final moments. His mix of treacly self-pity, witty cynicism and clinical depression speaks for millions of lonely people forced to endure a world of phonies. The movie lines so famous you forgot where they came from. Most dearly held last line for moody and secretive teenagers everywhere: Dont ever tell anybody anything. 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. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1936) Set around the American Civil War, the Pulitzer-winning epic about collapsing worlds, rape and murder, slavery, starvation, war and doomed love not only gave literature the most brutal break up line in literature ("My dear, I don't give a damn"), but also one of the most hopeful final flourishes. Most last minute revelation for a previously utterly stubborn, unchanging character, finally accepting the facts of the universe in the face of his execution: As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the benign indifference of the world. About confronting the end?! In response to that challenge, 18-year-old Mary Shelley conceived of the worlds most famous monster. Her simple, final wish looks banal out of context, but after watching her family and her murderer for years, its devastatingly pure. Dickens didnt invent Christmas, as a recent movie starring Christopher Plummer claims, but the Victorian novelist certainly taught us how to celebrate it. The cults of the famous and the dead. 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 . Having a perfect capper ensures the movie will linger in the viewer's head long after it's over. 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. The story he tells sometimes horrific, sometimes absurd, often both takes him across the country, from a Southern state college for Negroes to Harlem, where he falls in and out with a black activist group. The chaos and disappointments of the preceding months have cured him of pointless fantasies, and he dismisses Bretts romantic speculation with this bitter rhetorical question. Repetition and cynicism may have reduced Tiny Tims final prayer to a saccharine cliche, but the tale of lives reformed and saved has lost none of its real sweetness. Dont ever tell anybody anything. Hooper replies, "I can't imagine why. ", "We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long. Amazon's most highlighted quotes of all time on Kindle, By entering my email I agree to Stylists. "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. I got my thousand-yard stare. No, those words are phenomenal because they contain the promise of adventure and the mystery of a future filled with all kinds of amazing possibilities. If he ever had a reason to hate the water, it would be after the harrowing experience he's just had. 8. ", "I'm fine. please." Jay Gatsby, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Well, good-by." God, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams "Oh dear, I hadn't thought of that." Hamlet, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare quiz, Canyou identify the first lines of these plays? The light of a single lamp brought into his dark parlor arrives like a foretaste of grace. Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot revolves around two musicians, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon), who witness a gangster murder. He raised his baton. The Usual Suspects isn't just a movie; it's a magic trick. She responds by shooting him. ", 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. In feeding them with those my former fortunes. 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. His opponent duly humiliated, Al turns to the throng of spectators and gleefully announces "Hey, everybody! The first sentence of a book may be what draws the reader in, but it is the closing sentence that makes many books memorable. The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold (2002). He watched it dash along the table and through the hands of those who wished to pin it down. 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). I said that they shouldnt be frightened (although I am often frightened) and that there was value everywhere. 6 on PBSs Great American Reads. But like several of our most popular books Im looking at you, To Kill a Mockingbird its immortality has been buttressed by an exceptionally memorable film adaptation. From classics such as George Orwells Animal Farm to L. Frank Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Jung Changs Wild Swans, weve scoured the Stylist book shelf for the best closing lines (or, in some cases to give context, the best final few lines) ever written. After a near-catastrophic experience that nearly erases his own existence, Marty McFly (Michael J. Some Like It Hot came out in 1959, a time when subjects such as sexual/gender identity and cross-dressing were still very much taboo onscreen. He and Rick suddenly have things of substance in common. It'd be a glaring omission to not mention Fitzgerald's oft-quoted thesis about the American Dream. ", "She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously. 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. He convinces Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) to let him take responsibility for the murders to avoid the dispiriting consequences. ", "But, in spite of these deficiencies, the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony, were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union. 'Im a man of my'"From The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace. In the final pages, at the worst possible moment, he flees again, which Updike captures in that closing line swelling with deliverance and cowardice. ", "The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. Wherein I lived, the greatest prince o' the world, The noblest; and do now not basely die, Not cowa. 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