All good things must come to an end, but some endings are better than others. We started this journey to our launch date talking about famous first lines. While we hope this journey never ends, it made us think about last lines. Sometimes they are the perfect bow on a perfect package. Othertimes, they leave us wanting more.
Books, movies, whatever comes to mind, we’d love to see yours in the comments. Here are a few of ours:
“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.” Animal Farm George Orwell
“He loved Big Brother.” 1984, George Orwell
“And so farewell from your little droog. And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip-music brrrrr. And they can kiss my sharries. But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. Amen. And all that cal.” A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
“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.” A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
“Later on he will understand how some men so loved her, that they did dare much for her sake.” Dracula, Bram Stoker
“And strangest of all is it to hold my wife’s hand again, and to think that I have counted her, and that she has counted me, among the dead.” War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells
“I take his hand, holding tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.” The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
“To the eternal glory of the infantry—“ Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
And just for fun:
“The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…”