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TimboMaxx t1_iyejbht wrote

This shall always be the best answer to this question.

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Hamlindigo_Blue t1_iyednsu wrote

The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed.

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RD__III t1_iyejfs2 wrote

I feel like I am really alone in this, but I found the book overall pretty meh. I do love that first line though.

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Top-Abrocoma-3729 t1_iyed7my wrote

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”

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laterbacon t1_iyedh4g wrote

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

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IT_dude_101010 t1_iyedii6 wrote

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

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Amzuja t1_iyei3iv wrote

Time for my gripe every time this is posted: please add the book and author to the quote!!!!!!!!!

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nightfez OP t1_iyei8oi wrote

ill add that in my post i want to know these books

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nightfez OP t1_iyei6ka wrote

AGREE

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Amzuja t1_iyeiwfq wrote

Every time! I don’t care enough to flick between here and google to find out, but I’d like to be able to add a few to my wish list

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Tayreads608 t1_iyeg4ua wrote

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.” - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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missdawn1970 t1_iyej8e2 wrote

"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."

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton

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GarlicAndSapphire t1_iyekcir wrote

Definitely my very first favorite first line. My 13 year old self thought, "now THIS is gonna be an awesome book!".

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rottingmeloninthesun t1_iyed8qt wrote

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

  • Joyce (Finnegans Wake)
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earwen77 t1_iyejijr wrote

Pride and Prejudice, cause I'm just that boring. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

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mrnatural18 t1_iyegsj3 wrote

It has been a long time since I read Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, but if I remember correctly the first line is: I don't care if you read this book.

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mybadalternate t1_iyehb62 wrote

“Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months”

J.G. Ballard - High-Rise

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SeaWitchK t1_iyecr84 wrote

"She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing."

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wuzzle-woozle t1_iyeh14w wrote

The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night.

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SharonzHere t1_iyeeo6s wrote

"The moon blew up with no warning and with no apparent reason."

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”

“The day I returned to Templeton steeped in disgrace, the 50-foot corpse of a monster surfaced in Lake Glimmerglass.”

“It was her idea to tie up the nun.”

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we_belong_dead t1_iyeipxq wrote

"A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head."

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Kempfest t1_iyejdyo wrote

"The regular early morning yell of horror was the sound of Arthur Dent waking up and suddenly remembering where he was."

Life, The Universe and Everything ~ Douglas Adams

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oddfeett t1_iyek0lc wrote

τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.

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Hagridsbuttcrack66 t1_iyekkyd wrote

"The small boys came early to the hanging."

Ken Follett. Pillars of the Earth.

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avid-book-reader t1_iyekyai wrote

"I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday: I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army." -- Old Man's War by John Scalzi.

It definitely caught my attention and made me read on to see how and why he enlisted.

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Armbirdy t1_iyelir6 wrote

The small boys came early to the hanging

Ken Follett The Pillars of the Earth

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Accomplished_Trip_ t1_iyen808 wrote

So, so many. Top 5.

“I am where dead children go.” -Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well. “Prince Raoden of Arelon awoke early that morning, completely unaware that he had been damned for all eternity.” -Brandon Sanderson, Elantris. “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” -Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House. “This is long work, a finding spell for roots destined to twine.” - Amber McBride, Me(Moth). “Information requested: the Spiritual Origin test of Sacred Valley.” -Will Wight, Unsouled.

The opening line is not necessarily what gets my attention, but it is a jewel in the piece, and the wry cut, or the flashy one, stays with me.

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