For writers, the first sentence can be agonizing. Weeks can be spent perfecting the opening line because it is the hook that needs to capture the reader's attention, set the tone and entice readers to stayed glued to the page.

But what about the last line? That last taste the writer gifts the reader so the story lingers in his mind...the closing sentence where the reader either decides it was all worth it or makes them toss the book across the room, screaming 'are you kidding me?' (this has been known to happen in my house once or twice).

How well do you remember those final lines of books? See if you can match the closing sentence with these books that can usually be found on our shelves (don't worry, we promise no spoilers): 

1. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

2. But I go ahead and say it to him anyway, just as we're about to jump. I say: "Attraversiamo." Let's cross over.

3. And he leaned over to press his cold lips once more to my throat.

4. If we are smart, we will choose the way of Pooh. As if from far away, it calls to us with the voice of a child's mind. It may be hard to hear at times, but it is important just the same, because without it, we will never find the way through the Forest.

5. "...I shall still be as unable to understand with my reason why I pray, and I shall still go on praying; but my life now, my whole life apart from anything that can happen to me, every minute of it is no more meaningless, as it was before, but it has the positive meaning of goodness, which I have the power to put into it." 

6. One of my spiritual teachers once taught me to be a student to those above me, a teacher to those below me, and a fellow traveler and helpmate to those on the same level. That's good advice for all of us. 

7. Coach Bob knew it all along: You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows. 

8. Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again.    

A. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)                                 B. Twilight (Stephanie Meyer)

E. Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)                         F. Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)    

G. The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving)               

H. Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (Jack Canfield)   

[Look below for the answers.]