Novel Last Sentences

First sentences and last sentences of novels serve two very different purposes. Where the first sentence of a novel wants to grab your attention and not let you go, a last sentence often serves to summarize an entire book and to reinforce its central message or mood. Novel First Sentences My Personal Blog

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Reaching and reached.

Reached by Ally Condie

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It is moving across time, coming to me in every language of the world, and it sounds like pure love.

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Submitted by shadesofmaybe

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and this is followed by a sigh, then a slight shrug and another sigh, and above one of the doors covered by red velvet drapes in Harry’s is a sign and on the sign in letters that match the drapes’ color are the words THIS IS NOT AN EXIT.

American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

Submitted by youwannatalkaboutdinosaurs

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By then I may no longer believe I heard anything in Miri's room.

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

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This is a GREAT project firstly. I was wondering if you take submissions. If yes, I have a few FIRST sentences that I'd like to submit.

Oh yes, we love submissions!

But if you have FIRST sentences, I hope you'll redirect them over to Novel First Sentences instead. :)

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How do you actually gain access to the sentences? Jacquelyn Mitchard

People submit them from books they have lying around the house or library or bookstore. :)

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I've put down my scrivener's pen. These days I prefer not to.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Submitted by martinipistache 

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All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.

The Chronicles of Narnia - The Last Battle by C.S.Lewis

Submitted by tacosandtrumpets 

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For I honestly do believe that in the fat-dripping, gummy, eat-and-let-eat regime just ended...in such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest -- without asking to be paid.

A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe

Submitted by eriniee

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A nurse came out then to fetch me, and I turned and followed her inside, and it was as if I were walking into the sea.

The Sea by John Banville

Submitted by deathsblood 

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She didn't.

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

Submitted by fewmorepages

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I really WONDER.

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

Submitted by fewmorepages

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She paused and looked over one shoulder at me, green eyes bright and cold. "There is much work to be done."

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

Submitted by brianhead 

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The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Submitted by Ben Douthett (via email)

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Well so what? Maybe I am an idiot, but most the time, anyway I tried to do the right thing--an dreams is jus dreams,ain't they. So whatever else happened, I figgerin this: I can always look back and say, at least I ain't led hum-drum life. You know what I mean?

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

Submitted by nownexus

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last line of THE HOUSE?

Does anyone have this to submit?? :)

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Looking for some help.

I have ridiculous amounts of reading this semester, plus applying for grad school, plus a million and a half things that probably I don't need to share with the whole world.

It has been bothering me a great deal that I haven't been able to devote as much time to these Tumblrs as I would like to.

THEREFORE I have decided to take on 2 people -- one for NFS, another for NLS -- to help with the running of these blogs.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED::

Send a message to either inbox telling me ::

why you are interested in helping run one of these; why you would be good at it; if you have a preference for NFS or NLS; AND either your favorite FIRST or your favorite LAST sentence (or both).

If you aren't positive you have the time to devote to one of these blogs, please don't 'apply'.  If I get a great deal of interest, my selection will mostly be random.

Also, please understand that I am absurdly OCD about every post, so you'll have to be willing to humor me on that note.

LET ME KNOW! :D