So this time it’s me explaining some of my very favourite last lines because Amber’s posts, and a particular book I read recently, got me thinking about the final lines that have stayed with me.
“He is slow, and the sea sings to us both, but he returns to me.”
This last line is easily one of the most beautiful I’ve ever read and it made me cry so much. I love it because this final line encompasses the two things I was most affected by in the story – that there is always a choice and that love can overcome anything. Aaaaaaaand I’m crying again.
“I don’t know where there is, but I know it’s somewhere, and I hope it’s beautiful.”
I love this line because it’s hopeful, ending an often sad story on a bittersweet note. There are so many things unknown to us that it’s easy to despair but this last line illustrates that hope we all have in us for ourselves and our loved ones.
“Marina, you took all the answers away with you.”
I left this line for last because it was actually this one that had me wanting to write this feature post. This final line, to me at least, carries a double meaning. Carlos Ruiz Zafon wrote in his author’s note for this novel that it would be his last written for children and teenagers; it just makes me so sad because this book is extraordinary. It sort of feels like the author put all his emotion into those final words, all the frustration of losing his inspiration to write and the sadness of walking away.
Jess @ Gone with the Words says
Ooooh! That Scorpio Races line KILLLLLLLED ME!! It KILLS ME STILL! <3 Love this. 😀
Juhina says
i am not sure i just read a spoiler for the scorpio races XD. However that last line is very beautiful!
– Juhina @ Maji Bookshelf
Meg says
I love this post so very much because yessssssss. People focus on first lines a lot but last lines are equally important.
The entirety of The Scorpio Races is amazing but OMG THAT LINE IT JUST SEEPS INTO YOUR HEART AND LINGERS.
There is some seriously great wordage in John Green’s books. It makes me wish I liked them as a whole more but I can never get the cynical part of my brain to shut up and let me enjoy.
Marina has been TBRed. I have no idea what it’s about because Spanish is not a language I speak but I trust you and am intrigued.
Asti @ Oh, the Books! says
I actually haven’t read any of these books, but I love how powerful all the last lines are. I think sometimes we tend to look too much at the first lines in books, the beginning, and ignore how necessary it is for a last line to be strong. An amazing last line makes you shut the book and just feel. It just sticks with you. And it definitely seems like the books you chose did just that! So good.