Endings Quotes

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.

In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.

There's nothing on Earth like really nailing the last line of a big book. You have 200 pages to tickle their fancy, and seven words to break their heart.

To respect the dignity of a relationship also implies accepting the end when it comes. Except in my mind, except in my dreams, where the aftertaste of her still lingers.

You’re just another story I can’t tell anymore.

I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn’t miss you.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose.

It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!

A moment’s beginning ends in a moment

An end is only a beginning in disguise.

Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things that don't really end, anyway, they just begin again in a new way. Ends are not bad and many ends aren't really an ending; some things are never-ending.

Do not wait until the near end of your life to realize that you have not fully live to love.

Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now.

What the trees can do handsomely-greening and flowering, fading and then the falling of leaves-human beings cannot do with dignity, let alone without pain.

The problem with books is that they end.

Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.

Every ending is a beginning. We just don't know it at the time.

When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time.

A thicket of summer grass
Is all that remains
Of the dreams and ambitions
Of ancient warriors.