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** "Hail, Nienor, daughter of Hurin. We meet again ere the end. I give thee joy that thou hast found thy brother at last. And now thou shalt know him: a stabber in the dark, treacherous to foes, faithless to friends, and a curse unto his kind, Turin son of Hurin! But the worst of all his deeds thou shalt feel in thyself." [[spoiler: Glaurung the dragon, to Nienor, who he had made amnesiac, causing her to accidentally marry her brother Turin]].

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** "Hail, Nienor, daughter of Hurin. We meet again ere the end. I give thee joy that thou hast found thy brother at last. And now thou shalt know him: a stabber in the dark, treacherous to foes, faithless to friends, and a curse unto his kind, Turin son of Hurin! But the worst of all his deeds thou shalt feel in thyself." [[spoiler: Glaurung the dragon, to Nienor, who he had made amnesiac, causing as he gives her to accidentally marry her brother Turin]].memory back]].


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** 'Hail Gurthang! No lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee. From no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou therefore take Turin Turambar, wilt thou slay me swiftly?" [[spoiler: Turin, before falling on his sword, [[EmpathicWeapon Gurthang]].]]
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* ''TheSilmarillion''
** "It will be long ere I am seen among the Noldor again; and it may be that we shall not meet a second time in death or life, for the fates of our kindreds are apart. Farewell!" [[spoiler: Finrod Felagund, to Beren]]
** "Now is the Quest achieved, and my doom full-wrought." [[spoiler: Beren. He got better, temporarily]].
** "Hail, Nienor, daughter of Hurin. We meet again ere the end. I give thee joy that thou hast found thy brother at last. And now thou shalt know him: a stabber in the dark, treacherous to foes, faithless to friends, and a curse unto his kind, Turin son of Hurin! But the worst of all his deeds thou shalt feel in thyself." [[spoiler: Glaurung the dragon, to Nienor, who he had made amnesiac, causing her to accidentally marry her brother Turin]].
** "''A Turin Turambar turun ambartanen'': master of doom by doom mastered! O happy to be dead!" [[spoiler: Nienor, after getting her memory back and realizing she'd married her brother]].


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* ''TheLeftHandOfDarkness''
** "''Arek!''" [[spoiler: Estraven. Arek was his sort-of-ex sort-of-spouse. Look, it's complicated in a society with neither formal marriage nor fixed gender.]]
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** Note that for some of these, they aren't the actual last words, as often times a brief conversation with Death ensues.
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* ''ATaleOfTwoCities'': "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." [[spoiler:Sidney Carton, though this is only what he [[BeamMeUpScotty would have said]] if he had been given the opportunity.]]

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* ''ATaleOfTwoCities'': "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." [[spoiler:Sidney [[spoiler: Sydney Carton, though this is only what he [[BeamMeUpScotty would have said]] if he had been given the opportunity.]]
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** "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. [[HeroicSacrifice None shall pass]]." [[spoiler:[[NewJediOrder Ganner Rhysode]]]]

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** "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. [[HeroicSacrifice [[LastStand None shall pass]]." [[spoiler:[[NewJediOrder Ganner Rhysode]]]]
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** "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass." [[spoiler:[[NewJediOrder Ganner Rhysode]]]]

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** "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. [[HeroicSacrifice None shall pass.pass]]." [[spoiler:[[NewJediOrder Ganner Rhysode]]]]
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** "Y'won't shit on me, will you?" [[Randall Flagg, said to Mordred before being torn apart and eaten alive.]]

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** "Y'won't shit on me, will you?" [[Randall [[spoiler: Randall Flagg, said to Mordred before being torn apart and eaten alive.]]
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** "Y'won't shit on me, will you?" [[Randall Flagg, said to Mordred before being torn apart and eaten alive.]]
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** "You assume wrongly." [[spoiler:Jessica Whitwell]]
** "Your discovery is remarkable. But it comes too late for me." [[spoiler:Farqual]]
** "Say hello to Kitty for me." [[spoiler:Nathaniel]]
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"Todd?!" [[spoiler:Manchee]]
"No, Not you.", in his noise [[Spoiler:Aaron]]
"Pa"(spoken), "Please"(in his noise) [[spoiler:Davy Prentiss]]

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"Todd?!" **"Todd?!" [[spoiler:Manchee]]
"No, **"No, Not you.", in his noise [[Spoiler:Aaron]]
"Pa"(spoken),
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**"Pa"(spoken),
"Please"(in his noise) [[spoiler:Davy Prentiss]]
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** "Yes! See? There she is! Take her first!" [[spoiler:Simon Lovelace]]

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** "Yes! See? There she is! Take her first!" [[spoiler:Simon Lovelace]]Lovelace]]
*''ChaosWalking''
"Todd?!" [[spoiler:Manchee]]
"No, Not you.", in his noise [[Spoiler:Aaron]]
"Pa"(spoken), "Please"(in his noise) [[spoiler:Davy Prentiss]]
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** "Ma gavte la nata."[[hottip:Piedmontese.: c. "Take out your cork."]] [[spoiler: Jacopo Belbo]]

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** "Ma gavte la nata."[[hottip:Piedmontese.: c. "Take the cork out (of your cork.ass)."]] [[spoiler: Jacopo Belbo]]
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*** "Get the hell out of here. I am still dead, and you are still an idiot." [[spoiler:Augustus, in his VideoWill]]

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*** "Get the hell out of here. I am still dead, and you are still an idiot." [[spoiler:Augustus, in his VideoWill]]VideoWill]]
* ''TheBartimaeusTrilogy''
** "Take the boy! Leave me!" [[spoiler:Arthur Underwood]]
** "But he was not a worthy man -- was he, John? He was a driveling idiot. Now you will lose your life for him. You should have stayed away." [[spoiler:Maurice Schyler]]
** "Coward! Always you sneak and crawl and run and hide." [[spoiler:Jabor]]
** "Yes! See? There she is! Take her first!" [[spoiler:Simon Lovelace]]
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** "Man was matter, that was [[spoiler:Snowden's secret.]] Drop him out a window and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage." [[spoiler: Snowden's secret.]]

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** "Man was matter, that was [[spoiler:Snowden's secret.]] Drop him out a window and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage." [[spoiler: Snowden's secret.]]]]
* ''TourOfTheMerrimack''
** "Aw, but this is so ''cute''. It's shootin' at me! [=YeeeeeeeeHA=]!" [[spoiler:Jaime "Cowboy" Carver]]
** "It's a -- [[OhCrap oh, crap]]. Tell the captain we got a -- a thing." [[spoiler:Dak Shepard. Later revived by ResetButton]]
** "''Merrimack'''s opened fire on ''Gladiator''! [=EeeeeeeHa=]!" [[spoiler:Jaime "Cowboy" Carver, revived by ResetButton but TooDumbToLive for long]]
** "Short timer? I'm ''done''! I crawled in a fox-trotting Roman sewer for those folf-wuckers! The elegant hag does NOT do the ''back''!" [[spoiler:Reg Monroe]]
** "Thank you for that. Get Constantine. [[ItHasBeenAnHonor It has been an honor]], sir." [[spoiler:Harius Asinius]]
** "Have it your way! I'll do anything!" [[spoiler:Constantine Siculus]]
** "Singing! Can't you tell?" [[spoiler:Cole Darby]]
** "You couldn't dissemble your way to a surprise birthday party, John Farragut." [[spoiler:Augustus]]
*** "Get the hell out of here. I am still dead, and you are still an idiot." [[spoiler:Augustus, in his VideoWill]]
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*** "Who are you? What do you want?" [[spoiler: Cedric Diggory (film version)]]
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** "Ma gavte la nata."[[hottip:Piedmontese.: c. "Take out your cork."]] [[spoiler: Jacopo Belbo]]

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** "Ma gavte la nata."[[hottip:Piedmontese.: c. "Take out your cork."]] [[spoiler: Jacopo Belbo]]Belbo]]
* ''{{Catch-22}}''
** "I'm cold..." [[spoiler: Snowden]]
** "Man was matter, that was [[spoiler:Snowden's secret.]] Drop him out a window and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage." [[spoiler: Snowden's secret.]]
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** "Not to you." [[spoiler: Crix Madine after being asked if he has any, before being shot]]
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** "Ram the Blade ship." [[Spoiler: Jake, in the end of the story. Probably]]

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** "Ram the Blade ship." [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Jake, in the end of the story. Probably]]
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* ''The Dead Zone''

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* ''The Dead Zone''''TheDeadZone''
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** "Any of us could be... infected or whatever, but we gotta hang together. We're like, the fuckin' good guys here. Right?" [[spoiler:Fred Chu]]

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** "Any of us could be... infected or whatever, but we gotta hang together. We're like, the fuckin' good guys here. Right?" [[spoiler:Fred Chu]]Chu]]
* ''FoucaultsPendulum''
** "Ma gavte la nata."[[hottip:Piedmontese.: c. "Take out your cork."]] [[spoiler: Jacopo Belbo]]
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** "Ram the Blade ship." [[Spoiler: Jake, in the end of the story. Probably]]
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* ''The Pilo Family Circus''

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* ''The Pilo Family Circus''''ThePiloFamilyCircus''

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* ''Discworld''

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* ''Discworld''''Discworld''


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**''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''
***"To Tiffan, I say, be wary. Somewhere a' stories are real, a' songs are true." [[spoiler: the Kelda]]

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** "The brood will survive. A new patriarch will arise--" [[spoiler:Governor Grice]]
** "Emperor be with you, Bonica." [[spoiler:Sister Eglantine]]
** "''In nomine Imperiator!''" [[spoiler:Sister Bonica]]



** And, of course, lest we forget: "Well, that was unexpected, wasn't it?" [[spoiler:Varan]]

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** And, of course, lest we forget: "Well, that was unexpected, wasn't it?" [[spoiler:Varan]][[spoiler:Varan the Undefeatable]]
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** "Like a dog!' [[spoiler: Josef K.]]

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** "Like a dog!' [[spoiler: Josef K.]]]]
* ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd''
** "So! We meat again, Marconi. You thought you had vanquished me but I--" [[spoiler:The meat demon]]
** "I'm okay, I'm okay, mon! Just give me a minute now! I'm feelin' better!" [[spoiler:Robert the Fake Jamaican]]
** "It's the adrenaline, I guess. I ain't really been tired. The thrill of the hunt. That, and those loud, piercing voices in my head." [[spoiler:Lawrence Appleton]]
** "Any of us could be... infected or whatever, but we gotta hang together. We're like, the fuckin' good guys here. Right?" [[spoiler:Fred Chu]]
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** "Come back, you fools! Dogs aren't dangerous! Come back and fight!" [[spoiler: General Woundwort, or [[NeverFoundTheBody maybe not]]]]

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** "Come back, you fools! Dogs aren't dangerous! Come back and fight!" [[spoiler: General Woundwort, or [[NeverFoundTheBody maybe not]]]]not]]]]
* ''[[FranzKafka The Trial]]''
** "Like a dog!' [[spoiler: Josef K.]]
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* ''{{Firestarter}}''
** "There. So I can see your eyes. I love you, Charlie." [[spoiler: John Rainbird]]
** ...love you, Ch... [[spoiler: Andy [=McGee=]]]
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** "I'm counting on you." [[spoiler:Crake]]

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** "I'm counting on you." [[spoiler:Crake]][[spoiler:Crake]]
* ''WatershipDown''
** "Come back, you fools! Dogs aren't dangerous! Come back and fight!" [[spoiler: General Woundwort, or [[NeverFoundTheBody maybe not]]]]
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** "There's nothing left...it's all dark-everything's gone..." [[spoiler:Darkstripe]]
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** "An explosion bright as a star. A forest world, intrepid defenders, escaping ships, and…you, I think, somehow at the center of it all. Skywalker, it won't matter if you find them. It won't matter if you find and kill every Jedi who survived Order Sixty-Six. I understand now... the Force will never die." [[spoiler:[[DarkLordTheRiseOfDarthVader Roan Shryne]]]]

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