Unfinished Chapter Quotes

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.

It happened to me on 'King of the Hill,' where I'd left it before the end and didn't really participate in the ending, and I always felt a little bit like I wanted to try a different version of that story.

Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.

I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted.

You can't die with an unfinished book.

My frustration is I quit Arsenal too soon. I left a club I loved without really showing how good I was.

I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door.

Sometimes you buy a book, powerfully drawn to it, but then it just sits on the shelf. Maybe you flick through it, the ghost of your original purpose at your elbow, but it's not so much rereading as re-dusting. Then one day you pick it up, take notice of the contents; your inner life realigns.

I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further.

I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.

With Sugarland, it never felt like we were finished telling our story.

In my heart, I'm so far from done.

Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.

You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!