Famous First Lines
Famous Last Lines
Brit. Lit.
American Lit.
Young Adult Lit.
100

What book's opening line is "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit"?

The Hobbit

100

What book's famous last line is "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"?

The Great Gatsby

100
The quote "A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men" comes from which British novel?

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

100

The quote "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it" comes from which American novel?

To Kill a Mockingbird

100

The quote "The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe" comes from which young adult novel?

Eragon

200

What book's opening line is "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"?

1984

200

What book's famous last line is "And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One"?

A Christmas Carol

200

The quote "What the hell. If you had to go, why not go with style" comes from which British novel?

Good Omens

200

The quote "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" comes from which American novel?

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

200

The quote "Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared" comes from which young adult novel?

The Hate U Give

300

What book's opening line is "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife"?

Pride and Prejudice

300

What book's famous last line is "And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two of things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home..."?

The Outsiders

300

The quote "To thine ownself be true" comes from which British novel?

Hamlet

300

The quote "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship" comes from which American novel?

Little Women

300

The quote "Just because you can't experience everything doesn't mean you shouldn't experience anything" comes from which young adult novel?

Everything, Everything

400

What book's opening line is "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold"?

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

400

What book's famous last line is "He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance"?

Frankenstein

400

The quote "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost" comes from which British novel?

The Fellowship of the Ring

400

The quote "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth" comes from which American novel?

Walden

400

The quote "Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward" comes from which young adult novel?

The Madness Underneath

500
What book's opening line is "All this happened, more or less"?

Slaughterhouse-Five

500

What book's famous last line is "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well"?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

500

The quote "He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" comes from which British novel?

Wuthering Heights

500

The quote "I wanted to know that he would be ok if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved" comes from which American novel?

The Fault in Our Stars

500

The quote "Libraries were full of ideas - perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons" comes from which young adult novel?

Throne of Glass

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