tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post7776027244757697014..comments2023-09-05T04:45:06.546-07:00Comments on Talespinning: Getting the last word inTricia J. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-33277903645572712372009-10-04T09:35:30.277-07:002009-10-04T09:35:30.277-07:00Donna: Oh, that is an extraordinary poem. So much ...Donna: Oh, that is an extraordinary poem. So much to think about. It reminds me of the poem Ursula Le Guin uses in A Wizard of Earthsea:<br />Only in silence the word,<br />only in dark the light,<br />only in dying life:<br />bright the hawk's flight<br />on the empty sky.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-42098361875340593662009-10-03T11:17:19.759-07:002009-10-03T11:17:19.759-07:00Thanks, Tricia. What a wonderful reminder to pay a...Thanks, Tricia. What a wonderful reminder to pay attention to the last line--when reading and when writing. Once again, you sent me to the books on my shelves, this time to read last lines. In most, it is the last paragraph, rather than the last line, that speaks to me. Sometimes it is a poem, as in Alice Walker's BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER'S SMILE:<br />When life descends into the pit<br />I must become my own candle<br />willingly burning myself<br />to light up the darkness around me.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744866369548747484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-60337553674141640852009-10-02T19:23:24.303-07:002009-10-02T19:23:24.303-07:00Hi Angela! Ooooooooo, THAT is a great line. I can ...Hi Angela! Ooooooooo, THAT is a great line. I can see how it stuck.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-70196813568356817372009-10-02T14:08:58.823-07:002009-10-02T14:08:58.823-07:00Not always starts or ends, but one line that reall...Not always starts or ends, but one line that really stands out for me is one in Stephen King's Dark Tower series when the boy Jake falls to his death. Before he does, he looks up at the gunslinger who couldn't save him and said, "There are other worlds that this." <br /><br />That's always stuck with me.Angela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-5820852233057342942009-10-02T14:00:38.053-07:002009-10-02T14:00:38.053-07:00PJ: Eeek. Cheesy! Never that.
Robyn: I think you ...PJ: Eeek. Cheesy! Never that.<br /><br />Robyn: I think you have that book memorized front to back ;)<br /><br />Thanks!Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-55779237422668569022009-10-02T10:59:17.764-07:002009-10-02T10:59:17.764-07:00I especially love the one from The Handmaid's ...I especially love the one from The Handmaid's Tale. I am getting the book from the local bookstore. Can't wait to get started on it. Okay, here's one for ya.<br /><br />My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my old friends under the apple trees. <br /><br />Come on, doesn't that just get ya going? Brings tears to my eyes every time. :) Great week of posts, my pal. :)Robyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-85018727193520138052009-10-02T10:57:13.956-07:002009-10-02T10:57:13.956-07:00These are all great! I have the hardest time comin...These are all great! I have the hardest time coming up with those last lines. The last thing I want is them to sound uber-cheesy.PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-33253504887496664882009-10-02T09:34:58.358-07:002009-10-02T09:34:58.358-07:00Beth: Isn't that an amazing cover? It was desi...Beth: Isn't that an amazing cover? It was designed for an edition by White's Books in the UK. I love the YA ones, too.<br /><br />Bish: Those are great! I've never read the Princess and Curdie, so I shall have to rectify that.<br /><br />Linda: Yes, that line says a lot about Huck, who he was and how he grew. And still has the author's humor.<br /><br />Mel: You are right--it would be super cool to have the title be the last line. Have to keep that idea in mind. I haven't read the Spectacular Now, so onto my TBR list it goes.<br /><br />Andrea: Isn't it incredible how effective a great line can be?Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-71919803759451116352009-10-02T09:16:12.420-07:002009-10-02T09:16:12.420-07:00Fabulous post - I have chills!!Fabulous post - I have chills!!Andrea Cremerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03326332737401772239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-8812694100355043062009-10-02T08:44:17.891-07:002009-10-02T08:44:17.891-07:00Love these last lines. I find last lines more enga...Love these last lines. I find last lines more engaging than first lines because they tend to be more philosophical. One of my recent favorites is from The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp:<br /><br />Goodbye, I say, goodbye, as I disappear little by little into the middle of the middle of my own spectacular now.<br /><br />(And how cool is it to have the title of your book as the last words?)MG Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584010470283038023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-43330822967399083462009-10-02T07:07:40.043-07:002009-10-02T07:07:40.043-07:00Thanks for sharing. No ever talks about last line...Thanks for sharing. No ever talks about last lines. It's easy to look over them and forget about 'i'm. But they're important too.<br /><br />I think my favorite here was the Mark Twain quote.Linda Kagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259042112816376940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-8799917117688283202009-10-02T04:50:56.506-07:002009-10-02T04:50:56.506-07:00Here are a few.
"All around spreads a wilder...Here are a few.<br /><br />"All around spreads a wilderness of wild deer, and the very name of Gwyntystorm has ceased from the lips of men." The Princess and Curdie, by George MacDonald<br /><br />"Mr. Coreander was not mistaken. But that's another story and shall be told another time." The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.<br /><br />"But whereever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing." The House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne<br /><br />"What would you do<br />If your mother asked you?" The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. SeussBish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777245334432005091.post-79604387178972000952009-10-02T04:43:57.288-07:002009-10-02T04:43:57.288-07:00OH! I got tingles reading those, especially the YA...OH! I got tingles reading those, especially the YA ones!!! And what a beautiful cover.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.com