“The best part is coming." "What's the best part? You swallowing an entire cow whole?" "No. That's the finale.” WholeCowsSwallowingFinale Book:Eclipse Source: Eclipse
“I told you not to take off work for this." “And miss your big finale? No way.I’m all atwitter to see how things turn out.” “That’s cute, Jordo.” Then he frowned as Nick McCall was suddenly there, in their lives, and Kyle was therefore being a little…cautious before welcoming him into the family. “Be nice, Kyle,” Jordan warned. “What?” he asked innocently. “When have I ever not been nice to Tall, Dark, and You Can’t Be Serious About This Guy?” “I like him. Get used to it.” WayLittlesBigsUsedGuyTurnsDarkNiceMissingSeriousWelcomeCuteTallBeing NiceThis GuyCautiousJordanFinaleI Like HimGuy I Like Author:Julie James
“I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you. That wanting nearly drove me mad.” Patch paused, inhaling softly, as though breathing me in. “And now that I have you, the only thing that terrifies me is having to go back to that place. Having to want you all over again, with no hope of my desire ever being fulfilled. You’re mine, Angel. Every last piece of you. I won’t let anything change that.” KnowsWayWantWantedLastsDesireSawsPiecesMinesAngelLet MeMadBreathingFulfilledPatchesNo HopeFinale Book:Finale Source: Finale
“I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you.” KnowsWayWantedSawsLet MeFinale Book:Finale Source: Finale
“No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.” IfsLifeFeelsMayWholeMomentsForgetMusicGreaterOur LivesImagineObjectsListeningMusic IsImagine ThatImprovingSymphonyFinale Author:Alan Watts
“The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its course. You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meaning of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.” IfsWritingEndsPlayMomentsSpiritualPurposeOrderCoursesDancingFinalsComposerFulfilledChordsFinaleSonatas Book:The Wisdom of Insecurity Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity
“Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!” LooksShowsLightLastsMusicDyingReadyCurtainsLast WordsFamous Last WordsFinaleDying Last Words Author:Florenz Ziegfeld
“I have always said the success of the show has stemmed from our audience being able to relate to the characters on different levels - being based on the universally loved Arthurian legend is only a tiny part of its success - it's a story about acceptance and growing up. The breathtaking finale of this series leaves you with no doubt that characters have been on their journeys and had their stories told - it's completely the right time to draw our telling of the story to a close.” Has BeensSaidDifferentCharacterStoriesShowsAbleLevelsAudienceGrowing UpDoubtGrowingJourneyAcceptanceDrawsSeriesTinyRelateNo DoubtLegendsRight TimeDifferent LevelsBreathtakingArthurian LegendFinale Author:Katie McGrath
“I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies. I look back on it as fondly as I look back on the process of writing the whole show. And while I'll always care what you think, I can't be a slave to it anymore. Here's why: I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really … I was alive.” ThinkingWritingLooksI CanWholeStoriesShowsCareWantedLostProcessAliveSlaveExcuseApologyNo ExcusesBe A SlaveFinale Author:Damon Lindelof
“It feels a little silly to annotate a game in which I didn't make a single move on my own, just following my preparation all the way. [...] A pretty finale. I was obviously hoping for the beauty prize sacrificing both my rooks and all, but OK, Im [sic] afraid requirements are one makes a move of his own for that it seems. Something I could avoid doing in the last five rounds in Dresden. Silly game, this chess.” WayFeelsLittlesSeemsLastsMovingGamesMy OwnFiveSacrificeRoundsFollowingChessSillyPreparationPrizeRequirementsDresdenFinaleMake A Move Author:Jan Gustafsson
“God must've had a blast. painting the stripes on the zebra, hanging the stars in the sky, putting the gold in the sunset. What creativity! Stretching the neck of the giraffe, putting the flutter in the mockingbird's wings, planting the giggle in the hyena. And then, as a finale to a brilliant performance, He made a human who had the unique honour to bear the stamp, In His Image.” HumansMadeStarsCreativitySkyPaintingBearsUniqueGoldPerformancesWingsBrilliantNecksSunsetHonourStampsBlastStretchingStripesGiggleGiraffeFinaleZebrasStars In The SkyMockingbirdHyenas Author:Max Lucado
“It's the 50th year of Doctor Who and look what's going on! We're up in the sky and under the sea! We're running round the rings of an alien world and then a haunted house. There's new Cybermen, new Ice Warriors and a never before attempted journey to the centre of the TARDIS. And in the finale, the Doctor's greatest secret will at last be revealed! If this wasn't already our most exciting year it would be anyway!” IfsWorldYearsLooksWould BeRunningLastsHouseSecretJourneySeaSkyDoctorsExcitingRoundsRingsIceWarriorAliensCentreDoctor WhoFinaleHaunted Houses Author:Steven Moffat
“The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the Sabbath forms the pinnacle of the story. Like the dramatic kiss of a soldier returning from war, this is the moment we’re not meant to miss. In choosing rest as the grand finale, God reveals himself as one driven by neither anxiety nor fear but one who finds gladness in both the work of creation and the creation of work.” WarMomentsStoriesFormMissingCreationPerspectiveKissingAnxietySoldierDrivenDramaticInsightfulEloquentSabbathGladnessPinnacleFinale Author:Margaret Feinberg
“The Avengers films, ideally, in the grand plan are always big, giant linchpins. It’s like as it was in publishing, when each of the characters would go on their own adventures and then occasionally team up for a big, 12-issue mega-event. Then they would go back into their own comics, and be changed from whatever that event was. I envision the same thing occurring after this movie, because the Avengers roster is altered by the finale of this film.” CharacterBigsFilmIssuesPlansTeamEventsChangedAdventureGoes OnGiantsPublishingAlteredAvengersMegaFinaleRosters Author:Kevin Feige
“I was on a show called '12 Miles of Bad Road' with Lily Tomlin - it was an incredible HBO show. We shot 6 episodes, previewed it before the finale of 'The Sopranos;' it was written up as a 'Great New Show on HBO,' and then the whole thing was canned. Gone. Disappeared. That's when I realized anything can happen in this business.” WholeShowsHappensGoneWrittenShotsIncrediblesI RealizedMilesEpisodesLiliesAnything Can HappenHboSopranosFinale Author:Eliza Coupe
“From my childhood, I remember a tiny old woman named Mary, made pale and almost translucent by time. Mary's childhood memories extended back to the confusing and violent finale of the Civil War, and she told stories of brutal murders in those days and refused to name some of the killers, as if dead men might still be prosecuted in the late 1950s.” IfsMenMadeStillsWarStoriesMightRememberNamesMemoriesChildhoodLateMurderTinyViolentCivil WarKillersMaryPaleBrutalConfusingOld WomanDead ManChildhood MemoriesFinale Author:Charles Frazier