# What was Stephen King's most memorable last line?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-stephen-kings-most-memorable-last-line/524536
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-stephen-kings-most-memorable-last-line/524536 "2010-01-11T18:21:18Z")
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### Author: ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-stephen-kings-most-memorable-last-line/524536/21 "2010-01-13T04:24:00Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> The Jaunt would’ve been one of my picks if the story ended on the second to last paragraph:
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> Longer than you think, Dad! I saw! I saw! Long jaunt! Longer than you think—

I looked this up to make sure it wasn’t the last line, like I remembered. That one still gives me chills.

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### Author: ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-stephen-kings-most-memorable-last-line/524536/22 "2010-01-13T05:48:23Z")

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I immediately thought of Pet Sematary. Only one of two books to ever give me nightmares, and I’m a big horror fan.

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### Author: ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-stephen-kings-most-memorable-last-line/524536/23 "2010-01-13T08:32:23Z")

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“What’s that van doing?..”

😃

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