Best opening lines of a book.
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"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini0
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"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." - The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower 10
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein0 -
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" A Tale of Two Cities.0
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"If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book."
-A Series of Unfortunate Events0 -
Once upon a time.0
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"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." - The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower 1
I opened this thread specifically to say this. You beat me ♥
Best series ever written.0 -
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."0
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"I see . . ." said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.0
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"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense."
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In the beginning...
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"A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley0 -
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen0 -
"Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die." ~Fight Club0
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When I stepped out,into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house,I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman,and a ride home.0
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"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." - The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower 1
I opened this thread specifically to say this. You beat me ♥
Best series ever written.
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There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.0
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"The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of falling snow on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea."
The Last Unicorn, Peter S Beagle0 -
There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.
Holes....love that book0 -
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
shortly followed by "My attorney had taken his shirt off and was pouring beer on his chest, to facilitate the tanning process."
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas0
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