Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“It was the beginning of the end. Or perhaps, it was only the end of something that was never meant to begin.”

— Sherry Thomas

“And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to an end; but that was not to be.”

— Anonymous

“The night before, a whole day could have shape and design. But when it was upon you, it could vanish tragically to air.”

— Lorrie Moore

“Everyone knew the meaning of a thing didn't emerge until there'd been an ending and you could finally see how all the parts worked…

— Kathryn Davis

“Time seemed to do that thing everyone knew was impossible. It stood still.”

— Sandra Marton

“... and in that part of the world the darkness could go on and on forever, as though there would never be light again.…

— Anna Godbersen

“It seemed to him that nothing would ever be explained, and that all of a sudden each day was slipping away, that time was…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“It was like the arrival of night when you knew that you would never see anything in daylight again.”

— Colm Tóibín

“It was not an end, it was a beginning.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“But I knew that there couldn't be pockets that enormous. In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that,…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“When they began, they could not have thought that it would end like this, because their time seemed to them as simple as a…

— Murray Kempton

“I couldn't say anything. I could only think about how the world would be without light, without love. This had to stop. And I…

— Bin Userkaf