The End of The World
In The Last Battle, which tells of the end of Narnia, Father Time makes another appearance. From the Stable Door, Aslan calls him; whereupon he awakes and stands tall, and blows his trumpet. This causes the world to end. All the creatures from the Narnian world come past the Door, either to enter or not; the stars fall from the sky; the world is flooded; and at the last, before Aslan tells High King Peter to close the Door, Father Time puts out the sun.
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Famous quotes containing the words the end of, the world, the end, the and/or world:
“I love your poetry as I do little else that is near and recent, especially when you get fairly round the end of the line, and are not thrown back upon the rocks.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
““Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. Bribery and corruption are common. Children no longer obey their parents. . . . The end of the world is evidently approaching.” Sound familiar? It is, in fact, the lament of a scribe in one of the earliest inscriptions to be unearthed in Mesopotamia, where Western civilization was born.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“I love your poetry as I do little else that is near and recent, especially when you get fairly round the end of the line, and are not thrown back upon the rocks.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The Brain—is wider than the Sky—
For—put them side by side—
The one the other will contain
With ease—and You—beside—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)