What's your favorite closing line?
Some of you may have seen the recent article in the UK's Stylist magazine, listing the Best 100 Closing Lines from Books. (Thanks to Diane Brooke for the link! Hint: Diana Gabaldon made the list.)
Inspired by that list, I thought I'd ask: What is your favorite closing line from the OUTLANDER books?
"And the world was all around us, new with possibility." (OUTLANDER)
"He meant to die on Culloden Field," Roger whispered. "But he didn't." (DRAGONFLY IN AMBER)
"And this is Claire, my wife." (VOYAGER)
"Go down," she said, "and tell them the MacKenzies are here." (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
"When the day shall come, that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'--ye'll ken it was because I didna have time." (THE FIERY CROSS)
"After all, they're all dead, aren't they?" (A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES)
"And sleep at thy feet," Ian whispered, and gathered her in with his one good arm, both of them blazing bright as day." (AN ECHO IN THE BONE)
(All quotes copyright (c) Diana Gabaldon.)
My sentimental favorite is the one from FIERY CROSS, of course, but I like the ending lines of OUTLANDER and DRUMS almost as much. What about the rest of you?
Inspired by that list, I thought I'd ask: What is your favorite closing line from the OUTLANDER books?
"And the world was all around us, new with possibility." (OUTLANDER)
"He meant to die on Culloden Field," Roger whispered. "But he didn't." (DRAGONFLY IN AMBER)
"And this is Claire, my wife." (VOYAGER)
"Go down," she said, "and tell them the MacKenzies are here." (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
"When the day shall come, that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'--ye'll ken it was because I didna have time." (THE FIERY CROSS)
"After all, they're all dead, aren't they?" (A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES)
"And sleep at thy feet," Ian whispered, and gathered her in with his one good arm, both of them blazing bright as day." (AN ECHO IN THE BONE)
(All quotes copyright (c) Diana Gabaldon.)
My sentimental favorite is the one from FIERY CROSS, of course, but I like the ending lines of OUTLANDER and DRUMS almost as much. What about the rest of you?
MichelleKCanada