Ending Quotes

1414 Ending quotes by 1006 unique authors

My bones are brittle, my heart weak and erratic, my esophagus and stomach riddled with ulcers, my reproductive system shot, my immune system useless... I'm… — Marya Hornbacher
It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly. — Margaret Atwood
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he… — Peter S. Beagle
True stories seldom have endings. I don't want a happy ending, I want more story. — Frances Hardinge
The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
And Father said, “There are no happy endings.” “Right!” cried Iowa Bob – an odd mixture of exuberance and stoicism in his cracked voice. “Death… — John Irving
For ever and ever, we say when we are young, or in our prayers. Twice, we say it. Old One, do we not? For ever… — Susan Cooper
Ending is better than mending. — Aldous Huxley
Stories hold power because they convey the illusion that life has purpose and direction. Where God is absent from the lives of all but the… — John Hodgman
It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again. — Mark Rothko
From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;… — William Shakespeare
He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter… — Tad Williams
Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to… — Pseudonymous Bosch
This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome… — Terry Pratchett
I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings,… — Dorothy Parker
Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know. — Thornton Wilder
To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid… — Sarah Addison Allen
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my… — Flann O'Brien
I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment… — Tony Robbins
Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That… — Lloyd Alexander
There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story. — Frank Herbert
When I returned home that day, I saw my life as if I already knew the happy ending of a story. I looked around the… — Amy Tan
And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves. — Jack Kerouac
October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a book, did not end a tale.… — Neil Gaiman
According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry. Imagine the consequences if any significant… — Sam Harris

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