Ferris Bueller's Day Off "Life moves pretty fast. 'Im a man of my'"From The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace. Famous Last Words in theatrical productions. Inside, the agent comes to the shocking realization that he just let the real Keyser Soze get away. ", Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Sskind, "Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead. ", Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells, "And so farewell from your little droog. ", "'Rest assured, our father, rest assured. Best closing lines in movies 1. The there was a knock on the door, I opened the door, and the new gerbil walked in. Here are the 15 most highlighted Shakespeare quotes. Everything revolves around the identity of a mysterious criminal named Keyser Soze. I am invisible, the unnamed narrator says at the start, simply because people refuse to see me, but by the end, no one could ever ignore him. ", "But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing. All that remained of the German regiment was a little cloud of dust. The 1933 version of King Kong is an all-time classic thanks in no small part to its dramatic ending. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O'Neill [1956]. Rate this book. Not so much a rollercoaster - a rollercoaster's too smooth - a yo-yo rather - a jerking, spinning toy in the hands of a maladroit child, more like, trying too hard, too impatiently eager to learn how to operate his new yo-yo. The movie used broad humor to touch on these subjects, making for an incredibly daring comedy for the time. 'Keep going, El,' he says, 'Keep going.' While nowhere close to historically accurate, it's a fine example of cinematic wish fulfillment. Its desultory plot and muffled despair still feel strikingly modern. Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas is one of the definitive mob movies of all time. Salinger (1951). We don't think so. Then, Doc arrives in the DeLorean, informing him that there's a personal crisis in his future. The butterfly motif brings the concept of "lightness" to life; this final vignette captures the mood of the book perfectly. See if you recognise these closing lines of 10 great plays, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 'You bull's pizzle': match Shakespeare's insults to his plays quiz. If you do, you start missing everybody. At every turn, there are bribes, lies, cover-ups, and conspiracies. Hooper replies, "I can't imagine why. 4. This pays off in the final scene, where they're driving a yacht away from a pier. I think its the tension between the countrysides utter destruction and the fathers adamant love, all rendered in a style as spare as a sun-bleached bone. Eventually, all is revealed to be a dream, one from which she gladly awakens. During its initial release in 1999, Fight Club was widely misunderstood. 10. Holden Caulfield would scoff at the idea, but hes served ably as the patron saint of disaffected teens for almost 70 years. But how painfully ironic that Americas most macho author should be remembered for a novel about an impotent man. For a time, Hill enjoys the flash, the cash, and the fear-driven respect that comes from being a mobster. Portrait by Sophie Herxheimer. Go on my son! ", "But the naming game involves only male names, because if it's a girl, Laila has already named her. For generations of us, this is the first final line that knocked our booties off. by Charles Dickens (1843). . On the ground, a police officer looks at the dead ape and says that the planes killed him. h'd. Now my spirit is going; A character in one of Jess Walters novels says, A book can only end one of two ways: truthfully or artfully. Alas, most dont end truthfully or artfully, but there are rare exceptions: novels that conclude with such gracefully calibrated language that we close the back cover and feel physically imprinted, as though the words were pressed into us by a weight we can hardly fathom. ", "Might I trouble you then to be ready in half an hour, and we can stop at Marcinis for a little dinner on the way? Give me some wine, and let me speak a little. Lament nor sorrow at; but please your thoughts. They were uncommonly proud. "From The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. It determines if parting is such sweet sorrow or a thudding disappointment. Most grandiose and declarative/most often quoted by people who have no idea where its from: 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., 18. Anyone who has ever seen Se7en cannot forget its harrowing ending. Caddyshack takes place at Bushwood Country Club, an establishment filled with rich uptight socialites, most notably Judge Elihu Smails (Ted Knight). The last bit of spoken dialogue is what's most likely to stick with audiences, and, if it's particularly poignant, it can seriously boost a film's reputation. In 1816, Lord Byron suggested to friends vacationing with him in Switzerland that they each write a ghost story. NEXT: 10 Best Comedy Movies Of 2021, According To IMDb, 13 Best Shark Movies To Watch This Summer (That Aren't Jaws), 10 Unpopular Opinions About E.T. Its a plaintive acknowledgment that his wandering confession to us has brought him no comfort. Dont ever tell anybody anything. His testimony, sealed with that line from King Lear, is enough to convert anyone to the power of great fiction. ", "It's funny. Four decades later, I can still feel the shock of reaching the end of Steinbecks novel about an Oklahoma family traveling to California in search of work. But Jake isnt having it anymore. ", The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera, "As I left China farther and farther behind, I looked out of the window and saw a great universe beyond the plane's silver wing. "From Ulysses by James Joyce. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (2011), Every once in a while a novel ends with the satisfaction of a final puzzle piece snapping into place somehow both inevitable and surprising at the same time. ", "Yukiko's diarrhoea persisted through the twenty-sixth, and was a problem on the train to Tokyo. '", The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, "A LAST NOTE FROM YOUR NARRATOR. Click through for 20 of our favorite endings from our bookshelf of classic and contemporary greats, and let us know your own picks for best last lines in the comments. As Woody watches him fade into the distance, he utters the bittersweet words, "so long, partner.". Considering Salingers many decades as the nations most famous recluse, were tempted, of course, to consign that same pain to the author. This is the very famous last line of "Casablanca" which starred Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid and Ingrid Bergman. Toy Story 3 (2010) "So Long, Partner." Toy Story 3 ends on a note that is both beautiful and sob-inducing. ", Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, "I wrote at the start that this was a record of hate, and walking there beside Henry towards the evening glass of beer, I found the one prayer that seemed to serve the winter mood: O God, You've done enough, You've robbed me of enough, I'm too tired and old to learn to love, leave me alone forever. Those words are meaningful because the entire theme of The Dark Knight is meaningful. ", Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Alexandra Fuller, "Yes, they will trample me underfoot, the numbers marching one two three, four hundred million five hundred six, reducing me to specks of voiceless dust, just as, in all good time, they will trample my son who is not my son, and his son who will not be his, and his who will not be his, until the thousand and first generation, until a thousand and one midnights have bestowed their terrible gifts and a thousand and one children have died, because it is the privilege and the curse of midnights children to be both masters and victims of their times, to forsake privacy and be sucked into the annihilating whirlpool of the multitudes, and to be unable to live or die in peace. The land is not to be sold.' And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip-music brrrrr. ", The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945, Wladyslaw Szpilman, "This is not a full circle. "Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past. ", "How wonderful the flavor, the aroma of her kitchen, her stories as she prepared the meal, her Christmas Rolls! The Finish Line - 10 questions - 3 mins. Stock-still at their desks, novelists face a similar demand for a perfectly choreographed last move. Part of HuffPost News. In fact, he confesses that the universality of his experience frightens him. Goodfellas ends with him stuck in the kind of lifestyle he always hoped to avoid. The tales of the supernatural and the extraterrestrial. The definitiveness of this brusque sentence has a blunting effect, highlighting the bleakness of Orwell's predictions. A vague last line casts a shadow over the entire novel, whereas a powerful and poignant one will keep you wondering for weeks to come. ", "The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the utmost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. "He loved Big Brother. He convinces Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) to let him take responsibility for the murders to avoid the dispiriting consequences. The chaos and disappointments of the preceding months have cured him of pointless fantasies, and he dismisses Bretts romantic speculation with this bitter rhetorical question. Hooper plays along with the joke, and the audience gets a laugh that breaks the tension before the credits roll. ", "Later on he will understand how some men so loved her, that they did dare much for her sake. Hint. Ethereal and evocative, this line nicely wraps up Capote's deeply personal and heart-wrenching story. 'You can trust me,' R.V. The ending would be a downer were it not for Gordon's admiring words. The quoted lines occur in a voiceover as people enter and exit a hotel's revolving door. Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision.From To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Brilliant. Its final scene, the culmination of a relentless series of hardships, losses and deaths, offers a moment of startling compassion and intimacy the very milk of human kindness made flesh. No way has yet been invented to say goodbye to them. Isnt it pretty to think so?From The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Shakespeare's Opening Lines: The Quiz If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it. Americans have consistently called Mitchells Pulitzer Prize-winning novel one of their very favorites. Lorrie Moore, one of the best short story writers alive, once said, The end of a story is really everything, and for many years it seemed she had abandoned novel writing altogether. the heroines decision to walk into the sea and drown herself. Upon being arrested, Norma, who is convinced that the newsreel cameras filming her capture are part of her movie production, exclaims, "Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.". Weve already given you a rundown of our favorite opening lines in literature, but since every beginning needs an ending (and youd be surprised at how many works with awesome first lines also have awesome last lines or perhaps you wouldnt be surprised), we feel compelled to treat you to a list of our favorite last lines as well. "Oh, poor,. Rick wants to help Ilsa and her husband escape to America. The last line is so important to nail because it will send the audience out of the theater on the right emotional note. Elliott is visibly upset about having to part, so his intergalactic buddy lights up his finger, points it at the boy, and informs him "I'll be right here. Osgood announces his intention to marry Daphne, at which point Jerry rips off the wig and exposes himself as a man. 2. The last chapter of Ulysses is Molly Bloom's stream of consciousness, and it's simply amazing. A watchful protector. His administrations unprecedented readiness to lie and to repeat lies aggressively reminds many readers of the Party that rules Oceania. He and Rick suddenly have things of substance in common. (Hemingway condemned this section as cheating.) But that last lonely line is pure genius. We follow them across hundreds of thousands of words, but the final line can make or break a book. "This game is seven-card stud" A Streetcar Named Desire Journey's End Dealer's Choice Reveal 2. It's an action-filled finale that leads to Neo's poignant last words. "Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is. Her parting words are Sunset Boulevard's stinging, darkly funny punchline. Roy Scheider's Brody spends the movie trying to get the citizens of Amity Islandespecially the town's mayorto take his shark warnings seriously. She lures screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) into her scheme. William Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest dramatist of all time. Killer John Doe (Kevin Spacey) reveals that he cut off the head of protagonist Mills' pregnant wife and stuck it in a box. There is deep, delicious irony in this line. In this closing scene, the lovely Lady Brett tempts Jake once again to imagine what a damned good time they could have had. They win, much to the judge's dismay. Were you paying attention before the curtain fell? Aside from the obvious reference to Beauty and the Beast, the line is powerful because it, ironically enough, humanizes Kong a little. A few quotes stand out, whether for their wit, the poetic elegance with which they ponder love, or their heartbreakingly accurate depiction of anguish. ", "He reached the top of the bank in a single, powerful leap. 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