“No man knows where the road leads,” she said. “You think there is a paradise?”
“I think we have already found it.”
“Of the enlisted men of 53-B, six survived the war. Of those, two have survived the peace. The price of the Climbers, and of victory, continues to be paid. Sometimes it seems Ulant came out better than we did.” — Glen Cook, Passage at Arms
That was a good reread.
It was not, perhaps, a happy ending. But it was what they had, and so we shall leave them to it as we head on, ever on, toward the next, patiently waiting door. - In An Absent Dream, Seanan McGuire
I’ve become quite a fan of her work. Have you read Sparrow Hill Road or The Girl in the Green Silk Gown?
Current last line:
The screaming voice faded and then was gone as the big spaceship rushed up from Bor and out into space to end a nineteen-year war. — The Galactic Rejects, by andrew j. offutt
Sidenote: Interesting. Apparently, his normal byline was to have his name in all lowercase. I wonder why.
“Together they draped the scarf of an ace pilot around Dustin’s neck.” — White Wing, Gordon Kendall
The author did a good job, I found it after a while. I have the book, but did not remember that last line, it IS kind of dense!
Then Coyote looked at me and his face lit up with a merry smile. “Of course it was the dragon, daughter of mine. Of course it was the dragon. Why else would it be?” – Storm Cursed, Patricia Briggs
“I think, Watson, that if we drive to Baker Street… we shall just be in time for breakfast.”
*(The Man With The Twisted Lip) *
I love the fact that Holmes and Watson will recover from their harrowing all-nighter with The Full English Breakfast.
“In the current musical climate it sounded as corny as the Beatles’ “She Loves You”, but Thomas turned the sound up anyway and sang along, the miles unwinding under his tires.”
“He wrested the world’s whereabouts from the stars, and locked the secret in a pocket watch.”
“Longitude” by Dava Sobel (1995 edition)
“It didn’t, of course. And so it goes.”
Dennis