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Best last lines of books

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mare:
I found this article online and thought it was interesting.

It's funny because when I am trying to decide on a book to read a lot of times i'll go and read the very last lines and see if it intrigues me enough to read the entire book. A lot of these books fell into that category for me! Some of course I have never read though.

http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/the-best-100-closing-lines-from-books#

MadisonAve:
Thanks for the link, it's really interesting. I think the last line in Great Gatsby is probably my most favorite ever. Even though I've read that book billions of times, I still get chills reading it. The Old Man and the Sea is up there too, but that's more because of how Hemingway ended the story, not necessarily the last line.

I feel like the last line of a book is like the last bite of a big meal. You want a little of everything, but most importantly you want the flavor to remain after you've finished.

Don't even get me started on my hate for To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher and the Rye...

mare:
I don't think i've ever encountered anyone who disliked To Kill a Mockingbird lol Why? It's not one of my favorite books but I did enjoy it. It's not something I ever wanted to read more than once though.

My all time favorite book is Little Women, although the first or last lines wouldn't have sucked me in if I was to go solely on that.

I think my favorite last line on that list was the Winnie the Pooh one. LOL I LOVE A Milne!

MadisonAve:
Lol, I probably am the only one that hates To Kill a Mockingbird. I read really fast, so when we would read out loud I would read ahead. I guess my teacher that year read REALLY slow, so by the time I was done, the class was barely halfway. I guess I just got annoyed listening to it again.

Also, I've grown up in Texas and my family is very much that typical poor southern family. Many of my ancestors were sharecroppers, which at that time was to a degree, on the same level in that society as slaves. So racism really wasn't as prevalent. Everyone was too poor to be racists in a way. So I guess that's kind of the reason I've never been a fan.

I do have to make a disclaimer to all of the above. I haven't read the book in almost 10 years, so I might be completely off of the plot lol. I guess I could read it again...

Little Women is amazing!

mare:
Ah, I see. Tha book for me Is The Scarlet Letter. The English teacher I had that year had the worst peaking voice. She was nasaly and so annoying and she insisted on reading to us because she LOVED that book! By the second chapter I wanted Hester dead so I could be put out of my misery. lol

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