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Last Sentences of Famous Literature

All of the following quotes are the final sentence from a novel of "literary merit." Guess the novel given the quote. In some instances, the author has been provided (when the author is not famous for a single specific work).
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Last updated: May 12, 2022
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Quote
Novel
Author
"All that is very well," answered ____, "but let us cultivate our
garden."
Candide
Voltaire
"This is MY morning, MY day beginneth: ARISE NOW, ARISE, THOU GREAT NOONTIDE!”—
Thus spake Zarathustra and left his cave, glowing and strong, like a morning sun coming out of gloomy mountains.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
...and yes I said yes I will Yes.
Ulysses
 
And Athena handed down her pacts of peace
between both sides for all the years to come—
the daughter of Zeus whose shield is storm and thunder,
yes, but the goddess still kept Mentor’s build and voice.
Odyssey
 
Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
He loved Big Brother.
1984
 
Quote
Novel
Author
He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance.
Frankenstein
 
Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
 
On a field, sable, the letter A, gules.
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet?'
Slaughterhouse-Five
 
Raskolnikov refused the water with his hand, and softly and brokenly, but distinctly said: “It was I killed the old pawnbroker woman and her sister Lizaveta with an axe and robbed them.” Ilya Petrovitch opened his mouth. People ran up on all sides. Raskolnikov repeated his statement.
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Novel
Author
She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an in-
stant, then sank again. Edna heard her father’s voice and her sister Margaret’s. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the
sycamore tree. The spurs of the cavalry officer clanged as he walked across
the porch. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled
the air.
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
Southsouth-west, south, south-east, east...
Brave New World
 
We will perform in measure, time and place:
So, thanks to all at once and to each one,
Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
[He] believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… . And one fine morning —— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
The Great Gatsby
 
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