random meme

[kaydeefalls]

Because my brain is exploding from the Márquez and I'm procrastinating. That first-line-of-books meme from a while back. Except, last lines this time.


Before reaching the final line, however, he had already understood that he would never leave that room, for it was foreseen that the city of mirrors (or mirages) would be wiped out by the wind and exiled from the memory of men at the precise moment when Aureliano Babilonia would finish deciphering the parchments, and that everything written on them was unrepeatable since time immemorial and forever more, because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.
--One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Márquez. (a.k.a. the book what is causing me death right now)

He put on a little light music instead.
--Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams (being the last of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books)

Think of the positive role models we could give children. Imagine Lesbian Trucker Barbie, Single-Mum Barbie or Size-16 Barbie. Perhaps Barry and myself should get together with a couple of teams and brainstorm this... ;)
--e, by Matt Beaumont

He looked a long time.
--Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card

I will walk without noise, and I will open the door in darkness, and I will
--Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer (yes, that's how it ends)

However, this was before Inigo's wound reopened; and Westley relapsed again; and Fezzik took the wrong turn; and Buttercup's horse threw a shoe. And the night behind them was filled with the crescendoing sound of pursuit...
--The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

Yossarian jumped. Nately's whore was hiding just outside the door. The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off.
--Catch-22, by Joseph Heller

Then with a profound and deeply willed desire to believe, to be heard, as she had done every day since the murder of Carlo Rizzi, she said the necessary prayers for the soul of Michael Corleone.
--The Godfather, by Mario Puzo

"The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra.
--The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman (being the last of the His Dark Materials trilogy)

Could find more, but meh. Those are the best of the best.

Comments

[jimmyrabbitte.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's not the last line of "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman; that's the last line of "The Princess Bride" by S. Morgenstern. Hate to be picky, but when the book in question is just *so good*, I tend to get very picky. (And, by the by, the end of "Cien Anos" is totally incomprehensible, but strangely satisfying. Good luck analyzing to the extent Ms. D actually wants.)

Re:

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

You're right, but the Morgenstern ending is the one that makes me giggle like a maniac and laugh at the hopeless romantics who actually seek closure, the FOOLS!

And I love the ending of Cien anos, but analyzing this book is death. Actually death. See me die.

Incidentally, what do I do about sound/lighting cues? I feel tech-ignorant.

[troisroyaumes]

Good luck with Marquez. (Why I didn't take AP Lit. Of course, I shouldn't be saying anything since Faulkner is coming up, ready to slay me. -_-)

I should do that meme sometime...sometime being never. ::sighs::

...Tari

Re:

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

DEATH BY MARQUEZ. Fun for the whole family!

[ldmoonflower.livejournal.com]

Death by Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, performing its famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred?

Re:

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Exactly.