{"id":914,"date":"2015-03-06T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/03\/06\/the-final-sentence-final-sentences-and-behind\/"},"modified":"2015-12-09T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T19:52:37","slug":"the-final-sentence-final-sentences-and-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/03\/06\/the-final-sentence-final-sentences-and-behind\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/112205237804\/final-sentences-and-behind-the-glass-the\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">the-final-sentence<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Final Sentences:<\/p>\n<p>And behind the glass the rattlesnakes lay still and stared into space with their dusty frowning eyes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/54496465279\/and-behind-the-glass-the-rattlesnakes-lay-still\" target=\"_blank\">Cannery Row<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[Adam looked up with sick weariness. His lips parted and failed and tried again. Then his lungs filled. He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. His whispered word seemed to hang in the air: \u201cTimshel!\u201d]<br \/>His eyes closed and he slept.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/1234775003\/adam-looked-up-with-sick-weariness-his-lips\" target=\"_blank\">East of Eden<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/19907914039\/she-looked-up-and-across-the-barn-and-her-lips\" target=\"_blank\">The Grapes of Wrath<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[Curley and Carlson looked after them.]\u00a0<br \/>And Carlson said, \u201cNow what the hell ya suppose is eatin\u2019 them two guys?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/42585634274\/curley-and-carlson-looked-after-them-and\" target=\"_blank\">Of Mice and Men<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[And Winter nodded slowly.] \u2018Yes, you remembered. The debt shall be paid.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/11732650152\/and-winter-nodded-slowly-yes-you-remembered\" target=\"_blank\">The Moon is Down<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/23037108112\/and-the-music-of-the-pearl-drifted-to-a-whisper\" target=\"_blank\">The Pearl<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And that\u2019s how the traveler came home again.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/1367503730\/and-thats-how-the-traveler-came-home-again\" target=\"_blank\">Travels with Charley<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Else another light might go out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/the-final-sentence.tumblr.com\/post\/16348984088\/else-another-light-might-go-out\" target=\"_blank\">The Winter of Our Discontent<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the-final-sentence: Final Sentences: And behind the glass the rattlesnakes lay still and stared into space with their dusty frowning eyes. from\u00a0Cannery Row [Adam looked up with sick weariness. His lips parted and failed and tried again. Then his lungs filled. He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. 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