Endings Quotes

323 Endings quotes by 242 unique authors

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… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I read *old* novels. The reason is simple. I prefer proper endings. — Diane Setterfield
Stories without endings can do nothing but go on forever, and to be caught in one means that you must die before your part in… — Paul Auster
Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings. — Natsuki Takaya
I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings. — Edward Abbey
Unhappy endings are just as important as happy endings. Theyâ€™re an efficient way of transmitting vital Darwinian information. Your brain needs them to make maps… — Douglas Coupland
Such lonely, lost things you find on your way. It would be easier, if you were the only one lost. But lost children always find… — Catherynne M. Valente
Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise. — Kim Harrison
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show… — Jennifer Donnelly
Everything has two endings- a horse, a piece of string, a phone call. Before a life, air. And after. As silence is not silence, but… — Jane Hirshfield
Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were… — Patrick Ness
When you peeled back the skin, you were dealing with bone and muscle, blood and nerve endings. It was all the same. She liked the… — Libba Bray
There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start. — Shel Silverstein
Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn't have a happy ending - but which of ours does? If we had happy endings,… — Stephenie Meyer
And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister's story… — Erin Morgenstern
I have an impulse to write all over the orange walls- I need an alphabet of endings ripped out of books, of hands pulled off… — Jandy Nelson
I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show… — Jacqueline Wilson
...This fear was unbearable. It unwrapped who she was, as neatly as he'd unwound her bandage, leaving too much pain and ugliness exposed. Nerve endings;… — Kristin Hannah
Why then you're as mad as me. No, madder. For I distrust 'reality' and its moron mother, the universe, while you fasten your innocence to… — Ray Bradbury
No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary… — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan

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