Saturday, March 14, 2015
Back in the early days of our blog, we posted about the importance of the first lines of a book. They serve a pretty major purpose, after all: to intrigue, draw you into the world, and (hopefully) hook you with their brilliance and lyricism.
But what about those famous -- or just really awesome -- last words? The ones that stay with you for hours, or even weeks following the end of the story. The ones that give you the flutters in your belly. Like Henry David Thoreau's from Walden: "The sun is but a morning star." Or the way Dickens ended A Tale of Two Cities: "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."
In the spirit of honoring all authors and all the wonderful last lines out there, I've put together a fun little quiz. I'll provide the last line and you provide the name of the book/author. (Hint: Most of these are YA books, but not all!)
List as many answers as you know (without googling them) in the comments section and you'll be entered to win your choice of one of the following two books:
THE WAY WE BARED OUR SOULS by Willa Strayhorn
As Jeff Probst would say, "Worth playing for?" Okay, let's get to it...
1. "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
2. "All was well."
3. "I squared my shoulders and walked forward to meet my fate, with my destiny solidly at my side."
4. "I wasn't sure what I could give, not just yet. But I knew when I told her about the comet, years from now, I would know. And I would lean close to her ear, saying the words no one else could hear, explaining it all. The language of solace, and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end."
5. "Isn't it pretty to think so?"
6. "Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang onto it. Love can make you immortal."
7. A last note from your narrator: "I am haunted by humans"
That's it ~ have fun!
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1 comments:
Omigosh, Ing! These are so hard, lol. I think #7 is the only one I know... (Book Thief!)
Let's see if our awesome WHYA readers have better memories than me.
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