History Quotes / NoEnding

-->-- '''Rifujin na Magonote''' on the conclusion of ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation''

-->--'''Geoffrey Plumb''',''[[spoiler:Toppat Civil Warfare]],''''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Completing the Mission]]''

-->-- J.P. Beubian, '''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice''', "ENDING A STORY"

->''"...The path of these "unfinished" novels is born specifically of the infinite number of obstacles that stop and return to stop their identical heroes.'' Franz Kafka does not finish them, because [[CentralTheme the main thing was that they were endless]]. ''Do you remember the first and clearest of Zeno's paradoxes? The movement is impossible, because before reaching B we must cross the intermediate point C, but before reaching C, we must cross the intermediate point D, but before reaching D ... The Greek does not list all the points; Franz Kafka does not have to list all the vicissitudes. It is enough to understand that they are infinite like Hell".''

''Congratulations. You have chosen to STOP this story just when you were about to be turned into one of them. But what are they?\\

If you had not stopped the story at this point, you would have had nowhere to go but down. There’s only one thing worse than a bad ending, and that’s no ending. So consider your choice wise because it brings you to what is officially known here as''\\

->[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, that REALLY IS how the movie ends]] -- it closes with yet more mutilation, an arbitrary wrap-up and an outtake. This isn't a resolution, it's a sudden stop 78 minutes in! And yet it's a fitting ending with everything that came before it. "We don't know how to end this, but who gives a shit?! We're having too much fun to care!"

->The movie never ends, but if you wait long enough it gets to a point where it's over.

->"In the end?" Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ''ever'' ends.

->Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.

->Well, at least it didn't end like The Sopranos, where it just cuts to black in mid-se-

->And does the movie actually end? Not really, it just kinda stops.

->Elan! This arc isn't over yet! Where's the growth? You didn't lose anything! Nothing has changed! YOU GET BACK HERE AND GIVE THIS PLOTLINE A SATISFYING RESOLUTION ''THIS INSTANT''!! ELAN!! ELAN, THERE'S NO SENSE OF CLOSURE! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! '''[[VillainousBreakdown THIS IS A TERRIBLE ENDING!!!]]'''

->This brings to an end the story of Rudeus Greyrat, a former unemployed NEET.\\

However, the story of Mushoku Tensei itself tells the tale of Rudeus Greyrat only, so please let me have the privilege of ending the story now.

->''"'Grandpa,' I shouted, 'be careful. Oh, gee!''\\
''Who's going to drop it? Will you or will he?'''\\
'''Be patient,' said Grandpa. 'We'll see. We will see.'"''

-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert''' describing ''[[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tidal-wave-1975 Tidal Wave]]''

-->-- '''Rifujin na Magonote''' on the conclusion of ''LightNovel/MushokuTensei''

-->--Ending to ''Film/TheDevilInside''

-->--'''Creator/JorgeLuisBorges about the novels "Amerika", "The Castle" and "The Trial", ''Foreword to "The Metamorphosis" by Creator/FranzKafka''

-->--'''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps''', ''Literature/NightinWerewolfWoods''

->''"...The path of these "unfinished" novels is born specifically of the infinite number of obstacles that stop and return to stop their identical heroes.'' Franz Kafka does not finish them, because [[CentralTheme the main thing was that they were endless]]. ''Do you remember the first and clearest of Zeno's paradoxes? The movement is impossible, because before reaching B we must cross the intermediate point C, but before reaching C, we must cross the intermediate point D, but before reaching D ... ''The Greek does not list all the points; Franz Kafka does not have to list all the vicissitudes. It is enough to understand that they are infinite like Hell".
-->--'''Creator/JorgeLuisBorges" about the novels "Amerika", "The Castle" and "The Trial", ''Foreword to "The Metamorphosis" by Creator/FranzKafka''

->''"'Grandpa,' I shouted, 'be careful. Oh, gee!\\
Who's going to drop it? Will you or will he?'\\
'Be patient,' said Grandpa. 'We'll see. We will see.'"

->''"...The path of these "unfinished" novels is born specifically of the infinite number of obstacles that stop and return to stop their identical heroes.'' Franz Kafka does not finish them, because the main thing was that they were endless. ''Do you remember the first and clearest of Zeno's paradoxes? The movement is impossible, because before reaching B we must cross the intermediate point C, but before reaching C, we must cross the intermediate point D, but before reaching D ... ''The Greek does not list all the points; Franz Kafka does not have to list all the vicissitudes. It is enough to understand that they are infinite like Hell".