[Ed3003]

I love it when a book finished on a really strong closing line, even if it's sometimes a little cheesy!

For me, the last line of Silence of the Lambs is brilliant.

'But the face on the pillow, rosy in the firelight, is certainly that of Clarice Starling, and she sleeps deeply, sweetly, in the silence of the lambs.'

[Becky:)*]

The Great Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

[TheHyacinthGirl]

Wouldn't like to say it's the best, but the final line of Ulysses is its most famous.

[lettucesoap]

I really like the closing lines of the Series of Unfortunate Events books.

[Ra Ra Ra]

The first line I thought of when I read the title was The Great Gatsby, but as someone's already said that I'd say this:

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.

Dubliners ftw.

[VQG]

The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.

[Arran44]

For me, it has to be Stephen King's Pet Sematary. That very last line is very creepy, yet quite memorable.

[Alexx53]

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." - The Catcher in The Rye

[NuckingFut]

I woke up and it was all a dream.


Just joking


The best is from the Mr Men books. I remember from the Mr Strong book, Mr Strong was really strong because all he ate was loads and loads of eggs. The last line was "And can you guess what Mr Strong had for desert that day? Ice Cream. Ha Ha! Best line ever when you're six years old

[shmuxel]

(Original post by Becky:)*)
The Great Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

I love Gatsby as a book, but I find the ending completely pretentious and rather verbose. The last line is good though, just the page of waffle before it needs to be removed!

[Crimmy]

I always loved the final line of the amber spyglass
"and then what," said her daemon sleepily. "Build what?"
"The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra.

but it needs to be in context :L

[Ed3003]

(Original post by Crimmy)
I always loved the final line of the amber spyglass
"and then what," said her daemon sleepily. "Build what?"
"The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra.

but it needs to be in context :L

I read all three of those when I was at school, you've just reminded me how much I loved them! Thank you, will definitely have another read

[battycatlady]

I like the ending of Marcus Zusak's 'The Book Thief'

'I am haunted by humans'

[aspirinpharmacist]

Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.

Quite sentimental, but the end of I Capture the Castle always sticks in my head. As does the beginning, actually.

I'll add more when I think of them. Well, when I can get to my bookcase for a proper look.

[Picture~Perfect]

(Original post by VQG)
The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.

Personally I think that "All was well." is an awful ending to a book. I'm a Harry Potter fan, but I found this ending rather disappointing.

[syrettd]

(Original post by Picture~Perfect)
Personally I think that "All was well." is an awful ending to a book. I'm a Harry Potter fan, but I found this ending rather disappointing.

She changed it at the last minute, just before it got published. Apparently the last word of the original sentence was "scar". I want to know what it was going to be.

[Picture~Perfect]

I am number four
"Be safe and stay hidden, I think. We'll find each other yet."

[Picture~Perfect]

(Original post by syrettd)
She changed it at the last minute, just before it got published. Apparently the last word of the original sentence was "scar". I want to know what it was going to be.

It would be interesting to know what she was going to say. Though I doubt it was very different.

[The Patriot]

Does it have to be a novel? Because Karl Marx's "Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains." is very enigmatic, even if you're not a socialist.

[Picture~Perfect]

I love this line
Gone with the wind:
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

Edit: Technically it's not the last line of the book and in the book he doesn't say frankly.But it is the most remembered and it is Butler's last line.