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End Quotes

How things end - in war, in careers, in conscience.

This collection leans heavily historical, comparing a lost war to a chess endgame and recalling a family home destroyed during World War II. For quotes specifically about final outcomes and results, see End Result quotes.

Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end.

Quotes by Amish Tripathi

If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don't learn how to do that,...

Quotes by Amos Oz

I think loathing begets fanaticism, and in the end, loathing begets hatred and violence.

Quotes by Amos Oz

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

So many men have so many times predicted the time of the end of the Rebellion, and been mistaken, that I will not do so now; but I can say it will be very soon, if the old regiments are...

Quotes by Ambrose Burnside

Bolshevism is the other end of Czarism.

Quotes by Ameen Rihani

I'm not really into clubbing, I like to go to parties after events, and those do end up at clubs or bars. But in my free time I go grocery shopping or to the gym, or I talk on the...

Quotes by Amanda Seyfried

I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.

Quotes by Amanda Seyfried

In the end, it all comes to choices to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

Quotes by Amber Frey

I didn't know why God had chose me for this ordeal, but I was somehow suited to it and knew that I would see it through to the end.

Quotes by Amber Frey

I finally chopped off my ponytail at the end of middle school, and it was the best decision I made.

Quotes by Amber Liu

I think, in the end, we are all our own individual person.

Quotes by Amber Liu

I want people to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Quotes by Amber Mark

That's the problem with soaps, of course. The stories never end. They can go on and on and on.

Quotes by Amanda Donohoe

One of the reasons it is considered such a privilege to sit on a Man Booker jury is because it is famously rigorous. The judging is not a gig for lightweights. Not only are all five judges expected to have...

Quotes by Amanda Foreman

I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.

Quotes by Amanda Hocking

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.

Quotes by Amanda Burton

When you've worked as hard as I have to form your identity, the last thing you want is to blur where you end and someone else begins.

Quotes by Amanda de Cadenet

I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue from different angles, from different points of view, from different presentation styles, that really makes things sink in...

Quotes by Alton Brown

OK - we like to say how a striker creates space and influences matches in other ways, but let's not pretend: at the end of the season, the best striker everyone talks about is the top scorer.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection say about responsibility and consciousness?
One quote reflects on the duty felt by those "involved in the receiving end of the oppression," tying awareness to responsibility. For more thought-provoking lines, see our Ending collection.
Is there a quote comparing war to a game of chess?
Yes - one quote describes how, for Germany, "the war was like an end game in chess in which she possessed one castle less than her adversary." Browse more in our End Result section.
Does the collection include personal wartime memories?
One quote recalls losing a home in 1943 and moving to "a cottage I owned before the war in the Bavarian Alps," describing crowded conditions there by war's end.
Is there a lighter quote about being spared hardship?
Yes - one quote notes, somewhat wryly, "I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick." For more on outcomes and consequences, see our End Product page.
Are these quotes mostly about endings in a literal sense?
They use "end" in several ways - from the ending of a conflict to being on the receiving end of something difficult. Explore more in our End Of The World collection.

One entry shifts to social conscience, describing a felt duty toward those on whom oppression falls hardest. Readers interested in closure themes can also browse Ending quotes or End Of The World quotes for a more dramatic angle.