Last and first lines
The 100 best last lines from novels as chosen by the American Book Review. One that's there (in third place) and should be (but higher up):
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)One that isn't there but should be:
For that is the truth of it - that we all know, God, that we know, that we know, we know, we know. (Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler's Planet)The list is here [pdf]. They also have a list of the 100 best first lines [pdf].