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Shawnee123 · 08-18-2009, 03:45 PM

What is the best closing line of a novel? I found this list (in PDF) compiled by The American Book Review:

http://americanbookreview.org/PDF/10...rom_Novels.pdf

There are fewer resources for this one, but I like the following:

If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who. –Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (1963)

08-18-2009, 03:45 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Closing lines What is the best closing line of a novel? I found this list (in PDF) compiled by The American Book Review: http://americanbookreview.org/PDF/10...rom_Novels.pdf There are fewer resources for this one, but I like the following: If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who. –Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (1963) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 08-18-2009 at 03:56 PM.