Comments on: 100 Best Last Lines from Novels

By: Dave A

Dave A — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:48:29 +0000

They should have included a few from Tom Robbins:

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood” – Still Life with Woodpecker.

“Indigo, Indigoing, Indigone” – Jitterbug Perfume.

The whole books are even better.

By: Rosi

Rosi — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:15:11 +0000

I know this is cheesy and cliche, but I loved the last line of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
“All was well”.

Also, the last line of Roald Dahl’s last book, the Minpins:
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
Okay I added in the line before it as well, but that’s because it’s just as fantastic.

Also I know I’m always plugging this book, but that’s just because it’s incredible (has in my opinion the best first line and last line ever):
“Only the margin to write in now. I love you, I love you, I love you.”
I Capture the Castle

By: ByronW

ByronW — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:58:02 +0000

“The skipper remarked to me the other day, ‘There are things you fing nothing about in books’. I think that he got out of it very well for such a stupid man.”

“Typhoon”, by Joeseph Conrad

By: lepton

lepton — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:34:45 +0000

Please don’t put spoilers in the beginning of the post

By: lepton

lepton — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:34:27 +0000

Please don’t put spoilers at the beginning of the post

By: Jsahko

Jsahko — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:29:47 +0000

@Stacy,

I totally agree. I was hoping for lines that stood alone, as a great first line can do, though some are truly great on their own.

I wish I could read more and faster.

By: FetishForPerception

FetishForPerception — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:58:50 +0000

God dammit, I’m halfway through reading 1984…

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:26:04 +0000

They’re all good lines, but they’re also better in context.

By: emptyminded

emptyminded — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:57:53 +0000

I’m glad to see that Grendel made the list. I would have placed it higher than 50. And I would have put in a couple more of Raymond Chandler’s.

I agree with R.S., I would enjoy a longer list.

By: bean

bean — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:45:19 +0000

And no Grapes of Wrath?

By: bean

bean — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:35:44 +0000

No. 12 was my favorite, but a bunch of those weren’t last lines. They were last paragraphs.

By: R.S

R.S — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:21:03 +0000

Good read, would like to see them compile a bigger list though.

By: fraz

fraz — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:18:29 +0000

There is no “I am Legend” which I think is one best last lines of any novel I have read.