Famous Last Words
To make this a little more fun, this time, I’m not going to tell you what book the line is from. Whoever can guess the most correctly will win a $5 Amazon gift certificate! (Well, it’s something, anyway.) Please compile all of your guesses into only one comment so that I’m not having to try to find all of your answers :-). (And they’re not all technically “famous,” but they are all last lines of traditionally published books.) Be sure to list the title of the book as well as the author’s name.
Prize will be awarded Saturday, April 14, so get those answers in quickly!
1. 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.
2. Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and he great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.
3. He drew a deep breath. “Well, I’m back,” he said.
4. He was still the same old God, ordering my life and doing all things well.
5. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.
6. Hadn’t they ever seen a kiss before? At least they couldn’t hear her as she whispered into his ear. “You haven’t seen the last of me, Jamie D. Lane.”
7. “ . . . Daily he announces more distinctly, ‘Surely I come quickly!’ and hourly I more eagerly respond, ‘Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus!’”
8. She gloried in being a sailor’s wife, but she must pay the tax of quick alarm for belonging to that profession which is, if possible, more distinguished in its domestic virtues than in its national importance.
9. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.
10. Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past.
11. “She is the Surprise,” said Stephen, and he whispered, “The joyful Surprise, God and Mary be with her.”
12. And, to our bitter grief, with a smile and in silence, he died, a gallant gentleman.
13. And everyone, of course, lived happily ever after.
14. “I feel like praising and glorifying our Lord in heaven and giving Him thanks for all that He has done for us.”
15. The joy of the children was in his voice.
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OH crud. I can do some of these cold, some of these kinda and some not at all. Here goes nuttin’.
1. Said by Sidney Carton at the end of Tale of Two Cities
2. It’s bugging me, but I’m not for sure…Wait…Moby Dick? Yeah. I’m bettin’ so. I was just glad to see the end of that sucker.
3. Said by Sam Gamgee at the end of Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
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5. Little House In The Big Woods
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11. I know this is one of the Aubrey-Maturin series’ books. I think it’s probably Master & Commander, so I’ll go with that.
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15. Said by Christie about Dr. Neil MacNeill at the end of Christie
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And that’s it for me. ;-p
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I won’t say whether they’re right or wrong, but I will say that to be eligible for the prize, the author’s name must be included along with the title of the book.
Thanks for playing–and be sure to resubmit with authors’ names included!
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7. — Revelation/Bible –author is John??
As for the rest, um, yeah. I’ll get back to you!
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Oh I’m so unlearned! Gee, I outta read more. Leave it to you to pull a toughy on us! I’ll be checking back for the answers.
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1. Said by Sidney Carton at the end of Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
2. It’s bugging me, but I’m not for sure…Wait…Moby Dick? Yeah. I’m bettin’ so. I was just glad to see the end of that sucker. (Herman Melville)
3. Said by Sam Gamgee at the end of Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (J.R.R. Tolkein)
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5. Little House In The Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
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7. NOT the Bible, but it’s bugging me as to which book it is, because I know I know it.
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11. I know this is one of the Aubrey-Maturin series’ books. I think it’s probably Master & Commander, so I’ll go with that. (Patrick O’Brien)
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15. Said by Christy about Dr. Neil MacNeill at the end of Christy (Catherine Marshall)
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Man, the only one I recognized for certain was number 5. I’ll be checking back for the answers too.
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Hi! I just found your website and I love it. I’ll be spending a lot of time culling your archives to catch up on your writing courses, that’s for sure!
Okay, I’m not sure on all of these, but I thought I would try. I knew that literature degree would come in handy some day…
1. Tale of Two Cities, Dickens
2. Moby Dick, Melville
3. The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Tolkein
4. I think this is a Frank Peretti book–maybe The Visitation?
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7. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
8. Persuasion, Austen
9. Frankenstein, Shelley
10. I know this one is Willa Cather, I can’t remember which one, but I’m going to guess My Antonia
11. The Far Side of the World, O’Brian
12. Dracula my favorite, Stoker
13. Cinderella, The Brothers Grimm ???? total guess!
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I knew five flat out and guessed on two, but wow, was that hard! 🙂
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