Famous First and Last Lines

"You better not never tell nobody but God."

"This line opens the novel The Color Purple, published in 1982 by author Alice Walker, who was born in Georgia on 9 February 1944. Through letters written back and forth to one another, the novel traces the story of two poor, African-American sisters who are separated, one married off to an older, misogynistic neighbor and the other called to serve as a missionary in Africa. The main character Celie also writes letters to God because she has no one else to share her shameful secrets and her deepest feelings with. " - Mrs. Frayser

The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker. Walker has multiple "best-sellers" and her work has been translated into over a dozen languages.

I've never actually read The Color Purple, but I have seen the movie multiple times in my life. Actually, I watched it not too long ago at my sisters house. I don't have much to say about the film other than it's a good film. It tells a good story, and was acted out very well. I might read the book and try to compare it to the movie.


"Maybe I will go to Paris. Who knows? But I'll sure as hell never go back to Texas again."

This is the ending line to The Final Country, published in 2001 by author James Crumley. Milo Milodragovitch owns a bar and does some private investigating to help a lady named Molly get justice for her sister who was raped and murdered. 

This is also a book I've never read, but now that I've read the synopsis, I actually want to read this. It seems like it would be a page turner for me, and I don't think a lot of books are.