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“He saw that nothing was good and nothing was evil; things were merely adapted to an end.” W. Somerset Maugham, “Of Human Bondage” - 1915

“The true beginning of our end.” William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” - 1601

“Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end; each changing place with that which goes before, in sequent toil all forwards do contend.” William Shakespeare, “Shakespeare's Sonnets” - 1609

“Nature that made thee, with herself at strife, Saith that the world hath ending with thy life.” William Shakespeare, “Venus and Adonis” - 1593

“'Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?' he asked. 'Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten for fifteen hours.” Jules Verne, “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea” - 1870

“Things are drawing towards the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but keep your heart up!” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Hobbit” - 1937

“This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a...” Stephen Hawking, “A Brief History of Time” - 1988

“Now in matters of action the reason directs all things in view of the end: wherefore the higher the end which attaches to sins in human acts, the graver the sin.” Thomas Aquinas, “Summa Theologica” - 1274

“No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.” Stephenie Meyer, “Twilight” - 2005

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