297 Quotes About Endings

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.

Sometimes the end is a fresh start in disguise.

The problem with books is that they end.

In them and between them flourished the heat of life, the madness of love, and the sudden absolute certainty of the end of all that they knew.

Since when," he asked,"Are the first line and last line of any poemWhere the poem begins and ends?

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.

Have you thought of an ending?""Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant.""Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?""It will do well, if it ever came to that.""Ah! And where will they live? That's what I often wonder.

The end is limited to our own understanding.

There's nothing on Earth like really nailing the last line of a big book. You have 200 pages to tickle their fancy, and seven words to break their heart.