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We've had several threads about the best opening lines/paragraphs/pages in literature, but what are some of the best *closing* lines/paragraphs/pages in literature?

>> No.20576467

Stream of consciousness is soulless garbage.

>> No.20577459
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20577459

I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

>> No.20577498

Perfect choice OP.
>>20576165
And when he came back to, he was flat on his back on the beach in the freezing sand, and it was raining out of a low sky, and the tide was way out.

>> No.20577511

>Only one enemy remained; two, if you counted God.

>> No.20578718

>>20576467
genius over here
>>20576165
ultimate cuck ending. i sympathized with joyces little dick.