First sentence of current book

Teesie · Post by **Teesie** » 16 Mar 2011, 20:45

"Honestly, I thought the worst was past."

The Secrect (Seasons of Grace series)
Beverly Lewis

My favorite first line so far is:

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

The Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens

Funny though the first time I ever heard it was through the voice of Grover in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" quickly followed by the last line of that first paragraph "as dead as a door-nail" which as a small child completely baffled me. Nevertheless, I always love it.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 18 Mar 2011, 02:35

Fill your lungs with the cool untainted air that is only found amid soaring white-capped mountains.

"The Song of the Earth" - Caiseal Mo'r.

GotThatSwing · Post by **GotThatSwing** » 18 Mar 2011, 03:56

"At a certain village in La Mancha, which I shall not name, there lived not long ago one of those old-fashioned gentlemen who are never without a lance upon a rack, an old target, a lean horse, and a greyhound."

"Don Quixote", Miguel de Cervantes

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 18 Mar 2011, 17:23

'I am a sick man, I am a spiteful man.'
- Nightspawn by John Banville

BooksByEssie · Post by **BooksByEssie** » 18 Mar 2011, 19:04

Do you remember the day you discovered your life wasn't going to turn out quite the way you thought?

Plan B - Pete Wilson

TornUpReaper · Post by **TornUpReaper** » 19 Mar 2011, 11:36

"Fairies were different."

Frost Kisses by Kailin Gow

StitchMySmile · Post by **StitchMySmile** » 19 Mar 2011, 22:01

It was night again.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

Noia · Post by **Noia** » 24 Mar 2011, 13:07

"I see..." said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 24 Mar 2011, 19:25

I had been mistaken for him so many times that when he died it was as if part of myself had died too.

"Mistaken" - Neil Jordan

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 25 Mar 2011, 06:13

'Only three people were left under the red and white awning of the grease joint: Grady, me and the fry cook'.

- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Maud Fitch · Post by **Maud Fitch** » 25 Mar 2011, 07:38

"If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd, of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset, yeoman and churchwarden, have seen and had a share in some doings of this neighbourhood, which I will try to set down in order, God sparing my life and memory."

Lorna Doone: A Romance Of Exmoor written by R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900).