Book Quote by William Goldman

“People are going to think I'm morbid, loving all these sad books. I actually don't mind a happy ending in a novel—certainly, it's nice…

— Anonymous

“Look. (Grow-ups skip this paragraph.) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first…

— William Goldman

Your characters are always your children. And while you are writing, you're keeping them safe. Now they're ready to go into the world and…

— Yiyun Li

The sad ending is only because the author stops telling the story. But it still goes on. It's just untold.

— Mark Polish

“The thing I hated while reading this book, it turns out, was me. Bad things happen, and shoulders are shrugged. The most serious of…

— Hugh Howey

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end.…

— Anthony Doerr

“You see, in every story, it's not about the ending. It's about the chapters in between and how you make it through them, but…

— Courtney Giardina

“I have a fear of dying partway through a book—of never knowing the ending. It’s silly, I know, but it makes me a quick…

— Steve Robinson

Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after…

— Honore de Balzac

Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.

— Joe Queenan

I have to admit that I was terrified of ending the book, precisely because I go around saying about pretty much every book I…

— Karan Mahajan

I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending…

— Cory Doctorow