tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7599619871006159005..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: The Best 100 Closing Lines From BooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-6185313421410850612011-07-25T07:36:41.992-05:002011-07-25T07:36:41.992-05:00I always liked the ending of Samuel Beckett's ...I always liked the ending of Samuel Beckett's MOLLOY: "It is midnight, it is raining. It is not midnight, it is not raining." Seems to sum up Beckett's entire approach right there.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-36934434417666587362011-07-25T07:14:04.073-05:002011-07-25T07:14:04.073-05:00I, THE JURY indeed.
LORNE FIELD was indeed pretty...I, THE JURY indeed.<br /><br />LORNE FIELD was indeed pretty chillng, Dave. Great stuff.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-23899088365845217342011-07-25T06:22:52.114-05:002011-07-25T06:22:52.114-05:00I, THE JURY was the first one that came to my mind...I, THE JURY was the first one that came to my mindJerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-57113569849640888132011-07-25T00:08:46.134-05:002011-07-25T00:08:46.134-05:00"It was easy," I said.
I, THE JURY, Mic..."It was easy," I said.<br /><br />I, THE JURY, Mickey SpillaneMax Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-43634868472251700092011-07-24T21:33:27.849-05:002011-07-24T21:33:27.849-05:001984 has a great closing line. To be a truly great...1984 has a great closing line. To be a truly great closing line the whole book has to lead up to that one line. That's where I personally think I excel, and I'll put Small Crimes, Outsourced, Pariah and The Caretaker of Lorne Field closing lines up against most of those.Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42164515926888267252011-07-24T19:22:03.261-05:002011-07-24T19:22:03.261-05:00A lot of good stuff here (I've probably read o...A lot of good stuff here (I've probably read only ~ 1/3 of the listed) but for pure symphonic grandeur, "You Can't Go Home Again" is hard to beat: (like Faulkner, you've got to cut Wolfe a little slack as to what constitutes a sentence)<br /><br />Something has spoken to me in the night, burning the tapers of the waning year; something has spoken in the night, and told me I shall die, I know not where. Saying:<br />"To lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth----<br />Whereon the pillars of this earth are founded, towards which the conscience of the world is tending--a wind is rising, and the rivers flow."Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511780835955994336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-71145926266284698812011-07-24T18:37:33.754-05:002011-07-24T18:37:33.754-05:00Hard to beat THE GREAT GATSBY.Hard to beat THE GREAT GATSBY.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com