Comments on: Top-5: Closing Lines in Novels http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/ "ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta" - Dante, Inferno, XXI.139 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: The Space Between My Ears http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-923 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:25:37 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-923 <strong>Top 5: Closing Lines in Films</strong> In the comments of an earlier post on my top 5 closing lines of novels, Timbo suggested that a top 5 list of closing lines of movies would make a post. I agreed. Now, remember, these are my top 5 lists, not lists that I&#8217;m arguing are the best of... Top 5: Closing Lines in Films

In the comments of an earlier post on my top 5 closing lines of novels, Timbo suggested that a top 5 list of closing lines of movies would make a post. I agreed. Now, remember, these are my top 5 lists, not lists that I’m arguing are the best of…

]]> by: Matt Martinson http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-884 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:46:06 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-884 "Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the universe" Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus. and this next one is almost as brilliant as the line from 1984: "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." George Orwell, Animal Farm. “Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn’t mean we deserve to conquer the universe” Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus.

and this next one is almost as brilliant as the line from 1984:

“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.” George Orwell, Animal Farm.

]]> by: Julie Clawson http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-883 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:32:48 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-883 These are great, thanks for the post. These are great, thanks for the post.

]]> by: Tom Pratt http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-882 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:06:37 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-882 Wish I'd read more novels. Good to get the world in a creative 3-D take. Gotta like the Last Temptation of Christ. Even the bible doesn't articulate the seduction of living a 'normal life' any better than Katzanzakis. Wish I’d read more novels. Good to get the world in a creative 3-D take.

Gotta like the Last Temptation of Christ. Even the bible doesn’t articulate the seduction of living a ‘normal life’ any better than Katzanzakis.

]]> by: Timbo http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-881 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:26:08 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-881 The two that come to mind for me are <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i> ("It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was") and <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> ("He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning")--the latter of which is also the last line of the film (which would make for another great top five question). The two that come to mind for me are The Picture of Dorian Gray (“It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was”) and To Kill A Mockingbird (“He would be in Jem’s room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning”)—the latter of which is also the last line of the film (which would make for another great top five question).

]]> by: Rick L in Tx http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-879 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:09:03 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-879 "Thank goodness for that", he said, and handed him the tobacco jar. (The Hobbit) “Thank goodness for that”, he said, and handed him the tobacco jar. (The Hobbit)

]]> by: Bill Ekhardt http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-878 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:43:26 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/top-5-closing-lines-in-novels/#comment-878 James Clavell, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shogun-James-Clavell/dp/0440178002/sr=8-2/qid=1169138367/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-4565288-8728060?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books" rel="nofollow">Shogun</a>. I don't want to post the line because it is such a spoiler. Though I guess I should have foreseen it, it came as an astonishing and marvelous surprise turn from the prior 1200 pages. It would be a shame to spoil 1200 pages of wonderful reading if you haven't read it yet. James Clavell, Shogun. I don’t want to post the line because it is such a spoiler. Though I guess I should have foreseen it, it came as an astonishing and marvelous surprise turn from the prior 1200 pages. It would be a shame to spoil 1200 pages of wonderful reading if you haven’t read it yet.

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