The lizards were wearing flip-flops and the cacti that line the streets of the city were gasping., Tuck looked at the red-and-white pile on the ground at his feet and realized for the first time what it really was: a dead Santa., It was late one fall in Halloweenland, and the air had quite a chill. The Catcher in the Rye byJ. D. Salinger. Designed for the new generation of older adults who are redefining what it means to age and are looking forward to whats next. 5. You certainly become curious while reading The Strangers first line. It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. I'm beginning a series looking at some of the best opening lines in literature. Its a time for hunkering down, cozying up, and escaping into a good book (secluded cabin and roaring fire optional). Patton "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. I remember hearing this line, getting interested, and then hearing a summary and being less interested for some reason. It stays with you, Its so amazing how people believe its about love when its about pedophilia and abuse :/, Love in Time of Cholera by him was even better - amazing author, :D "Cherchez la femme," as we say in French: "look for the woman," when there is trouble with a man. As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect., It speaks to Kafkas excellence in surrealism when the first sentence in his novel simultaneously confuses and fascinates the readers. (And you can forget about scoring a date.) Whatever youre reading, sometimes you need to be grabbed right out of the gate, and drawn into the world of the novel. It was all downhill after that, and I never finished it. Orwell's opening line creates a slight but immediate discordance that sets you up for an unsettling experience. He was tired and bored in Halloweenland Everything was always the same., If you were to stroll down the candy-cane faade of a suburban housing state early on Christmas morning, you couldnt help but observe how the houses in all their tinselled glory are skin to the wrapped parcels that lie beneath the Christmas trees within.. The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. It can longer be denied. She frowned thoughtfully at the tarot cards arranged before her. 2. The Martian by Andy Weir. I liked most of Sinclair Lewis's books , even though he was an insecure, &, tortured man. Setting. Grab the attention of the audience and create interest of what is going to happen next. All children, except one, grow up. First Line Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Sleigh bells ring, are you listening Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the feast of Stephen Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me You better watch out, you better not cry 18. 11 Unforgettable First Lines in Literature. Its a proclamation that all the horrific events and atrocities in the story have more or less happened in real life. Pride and Prejudice is a study of the Victorian eras social conventions, especially when it comes to education and marrying into well-to-do familieswhich is evident in its opening lines. Lo. It might take you a few reads to understand what is going on, but this is a great war satire. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway. Thats what The Sunday New York Times from March 8, 1993, had called Vivi. , Someone was looking at me, a disturbing sensation if youre dead. , Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. , You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. , The final dying sounds of their dress rehearsal left the Laurel Players with nothing to do but stand there, silent and helpless, blinking out over the footlights of an empty auditorium. , It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. , As the Manager of the Performance sits before the curtain on the boards, and, looks into the Fair, a feeling of profound melancholy comes over him in his survey of the bustling place. , The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn. , Its a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Spoiler alert! Factory Records label boss Tony Wilson used to say Shaun Ryder was a poet "on a par with W.B. This may be foreshadowing for Dorian Greys own excessive lifestyle, where too much debauchery ultimately takes a toll on him. In this article I'm going to share with you Hey Pandas, What's Your Most Memorable Trick-Or-Treating Memory? 9. Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck. Kind of dark if I remember a farmer & his wife. And the next day would be Christmas., The little town straggling up the hill was bright with coloured Christmas lights. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." Patton (George C. Scott) 149 34 3. You better read this one and find out. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buenda was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. The Forgotten by David Baldacci. I'm pretty much fucked. 8. What happened to them? The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak. With so many rules that apply to grammar and pronunciation, absolutely. Here, weve shared 20 of our favourites and their opening lines. A couple of words become sentences that lead to paragraphs and then chapters. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here. It's very funny and weird. This is a great book. This great opening line is proof of that. In the pleasant city of Stillwater, Mr. Popper, the house painter, was going home from work." "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." "This is George. It may seem strange to start a story with an ending, but all endings are also beginnings. I've always been an H. Beam Piper sort of fellow. This is the story of a man named Eddie and it starts at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. 7 once-controversial TV episodes that wouldnt cause a stir today, 150 of the most compelling opening lines in literature, 14 facts about I Love Lucy, plus our five other favorite episodes, The circus arrives without warning. Here are some of our favorite first lines that set the tone for some incredible books. These opening lines are from which classic books? . DNA. Check your inbox, and click on the link to activate your account. But who is Ishmael? 2. Real gentlemen know quality when they see it. 42. Famous opening lines of books might seem like they were written off the cuff, but they are often planned and re-written by authors trying to find the perfect sentence. 14. Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17 and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn, and the brown old seaman, with the saber cut, first took up his lodging under our roof. What have we left out? - THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert "I have a heart for every year I've been alive." - TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo "You can hear a miracle a long way after dark." - ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by Maggie Stiefvater "Everyone believed Diabolics were fearless, but in my earliest years, all I knew was fear." - THE DIABOLIC by S.J. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. A statement of eternal principle. I read this in grade school, and was mesmerized by it at the time. Imagine this, you open the book and are suddenly confronted by a character calling themselves Ishmael. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood. Who knows what youll find at the bottom of the ocean. Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death. Opening Lines of Lolita. Why is this fella sleeping in the woods with a child? Set before and during the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities opening line hints at the radical opposites taking place in the story: of love and hatred, oppression and freedom, and the rich and the poor. My sin, my soul. Grammy Award-winning artist Mariah Carey writes her first children's book, "The Christmas Princess." Gayle King spoke to Carey about her love for Christmas and asked if her family shares the . Opening Lines of Songs. No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality walked alone. . Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature. , I was the shadow of the waxwing slain / By the false azure in the windowpane; , Ships at a distance have every mans wish on board. , I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. , Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes, and Alva allowing all, allowing anyone, against Alexs admonition, against Allens angry assertion: another African amusement . Scarlett OHara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. Before you know it you have a New York Times best-seller on your hands (fingers crossed). Come this way Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day Welcome, welcome, fahoo ramus Welcome, welcome, dahoo damus Christmas Day is in our grasp So. Well I had a unique seat that day. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. But in my arms she was always Lolita. , Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. , We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. , On the pleasant shore of the French Riviera, about half way, A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which, to look ahead. , In the town they tell the story of the great pearlhow it was foundand how it was lost again., It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. , Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buenda was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. , Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. . OneHundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garca Mrquez. "Do you remember the 21st night of September?" American Record Co. /. I will tell you in a few words who I am: lover of the hummingbird that darts to the flower beyond the rotted sill where my feet are propped; lover of bright needlepoint and the bright stitching fingers of humorless old ladies bent to their sweet and infamous designs; lover of parasols made from the same puffy stuff as a young girls underdrawers; still lover of that small naval boat which somehow survived the distressing years of my life between her decks or in her pilothouse; and also lover of poor dear black Sonny, my mess boy, fellow victim and confidant, and of my wife and child. There are a lot more great opening lines than the ones I listed here. 3. 2. Get your point across in an emotionally sensitive way. Three times Della counted it. Blue Nights by Joan Didion. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle "In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf." 4. 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Beloveds first line arouses the readers curiosity. 4. "Call me Ishmael.". It seems innocent enough: the authors describing the pleasant aroma of flowers spreading through the room. I read the entire trilogy back to back over two days. Just that someone called Sick Boy is not doing so well. 31. Help us send the best of Considerable to you. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. 1. Loved the book & didn't find it a snooze at all ! The current eddied and swirled like liquid glass, and occasionally a bit of ice, detached from the shore, would go gliding downstream to be swallowed up in the shadows., If you search every old folks home in the country, you couldnt find anyone who looked more like Santa Claus., Have you heard of the great Forest of Burzee? Your account is not active. Lolitas opener lets us into the mind of an adult man infatuated with a young woman. This line hits differently when you learn that Slaughterhouse-FIve is based on the real firebombing of Dresden during World War II, which the author personally experienced. And if youre looking for inspiration for your storys own opening line, check out these first line generators for ideas. Its not hard to guess that child is Peter Pan. We are in the grips of winter and, I don't know about you, but I find this season to be rather romantic. One of my favorite books is John Dies at the End. Ships at a distance have every mans wish on board. "Let me tell you something straight off. Lewis Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain Wish him luck! In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. 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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The Crow Road by Iain Banks. Everybody should read this book. But it doesnt matter, because people persist anyway. 16 Funny Disney Characters Everybody Loves, 21 Badass Jobs for Those Wanting a Career Change, 13 Best Conspiracy Podcasts for True Believers, What Is Hollywood Symbolism and 10 Examples of It, The 16 Best Survival Books For When The World Ends, 14 Best Self Improvement Books On The Market. This paragraph sets the scene for the adventures that follow in Robert Stevensons fantastic 1883 novel. 16. The women in the house knew it and so did the children.. Full of a baby's venom. Whether you are starting a new story, opening a recommended read, or revisiting a favourite novel, the sheer pleasure of those first lines is hard to quantify. 48. 11. Answers. - The Martian by Andy Weir This opening line pretty much sums up the feelings you have while reading this one. I would highly recommend it! But George Pratt did not see them. Are you sure this isn't the first line to Tracks by Louise Erdrich? The Joy of Christmas Book Tag December 19, 2021December 18, 2021 Line @First Line Reader "The man who called himself Bors, at least in this place, sneered at the low murmering that rolled around the vaulted chamber like the soft gabble of geese." First line in The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan I might be a day late but this week's post is a book tag! Good writers know how to captivate readers from the start. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.. I'm a huge SciFi reader, but never could get interested in him for some reason. 150 of the most compelling opening lines in literature Some books grab you right from the start. Terry Pratchett is a brilliant writer and this one line is quite an interesting way to start a novel. Right off the bat, Lemony Snicket warns you that this story isnt going to be one of those happily ever after ones, setting the tone for the dark and bizarre, yet humorous series. One of the great sci-fi novels has a very inventive way to describe the sky. Let us know in the comments below and we'll add others! Atwood's novel about maintaining one's identity tells the story of painter Elaine Risley, who reflects back on her youth and her toxic childhood friendship with a group of three girls. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. Venmo, Cash App and PayPal: Can you really trust your payment app? I couldn't find 2001 at the time, but did locate "The City and the Stars", and "Rendezvous with Rama". For it was Christmas Eve, and as twilight fell, the children throughout Germany waited in hushed expectation for night to arrive, and with it their gifts from the Christ Child., The gate was packed with weary travellers, most of them standing and huddled along the walls because the meagre allotment of plastic chairs had long since been taken. I love Anne Tyler, in spite of the lumps in the throat! Click here to view. As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. 47. You are about to begin reading Italo Calvinos new novel, The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. , If you really want to hear about it, the first thing youll 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 dont feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. , Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo. , This is the saddest story I have ever heard. , I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me; had they duly considered how much depended upon what they were then doing;that not only the production of a rational Being was concerned in it, but that possibly the happy formation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind;and, for aught they knew to the contrary, even the fortunes of his whole house might take their turn from the humours and dispositions which were then uppermost:Had they duly weighed and considered all this, and proceeded accordingly,I am verily persuaded I should have made a quite different figure in the world, from that, in which the reader is likely to see me., Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. , It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. , One summer afternoon Mrs. Oedipa Maas came home from a Tupperware party whose hostess had put perhaps too much kirsch in the fondue to find that she, Oedipa, had been named executor, or she supposed executrix, of the estate of one Pierce Inverarity, a California real estate mogul who had once lost two million dollars in his spare time but still had assets numerous and tangled enough to make the job of sorting it all out more than honorary. , Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting. , Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing. , Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu. , The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. , I am a sick man . Sorry, it looks like you were previously unsubscribed. Goodfellas "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) 180 39 2. Hey Pandas, What Are Some Stories Of Hauntings In Your Town? What impresses most is the economy. One of the great philosophical novels, the journey Santiago goes on is very inspiring. Plays. . 21. "124 was spiteful. Most of these opening lines also offer a sense of setting. Ah, who else would tilt at windmills. While the following 20 famous lines from books cover classic, contemporary classics, as well as popular bestsellers from the recent past, interestingly, yet unsurprisingly, most of them have also found space in the entertainment industry. By entering my email I agree to Stylists. "Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure." When it comes to novels, the opening lines offer you a choice: continue reading or stop. Fahrenheit 451s first line is a crucial insight into the main characters world, where knowledge is voluntarily, and happily burnedthe result of people wanting numb contentment rather than progress. Another American classic about a man trying to catch a fish. James Bond doesnt usually run away from things, so this was a different way to start this exhilarating novel about 007. Study Guides . The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Weve selected 60 of our favorite opening lines that help set the scene or utterly confuse the reader, depending on what the author has in mind. 24. 29. Night Watchby Terry Pratchett. One of my all-time favorites. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if hes okay. But consider how many scents there are; an excessive amount of it that will eventually become unpleasant. Please provide your email address and we will send your password shortly. This tale about a college girl on the edge is a must-read. Ok, this is two lines, but both are needed for context. So many questions. Its not necessarily her body that hes interested in either, but an idealized version of her that he superimposes onto the real her. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury "It was a pleasure to burn." There's a reason that this simple, creepy line is one of the most well-known openers in all of literature. I really really enjoyed it. 4. 3.) This is a great book and Greene is a fabulous author. What is the 124 and babys venom that the narrator is talking about? 5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. -Stephen Crane, There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. , Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French., It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that thearchbishop had come to see me. , The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. , Squire Trelawnay, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginningto the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17 and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbowinn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof., Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him., Life changes fast. "In certain latitudes there comes a span of time approaching and following the summer solstice, some weeks in all, when the twilights turn long and blue.". If youve seen the movie youll love the book. Mother died today. Their first words can cast a spell that immediately conveys the tone and style of their works, compelling people to keep on reading. They can lock him up, hide his letters, and pretend hes not magic all they want, but thats not going to stop him from fulfilling his destiny. 25. This book was, like so many on this list, much better the second time I read them, as an adult and not for an assignment in school! The Story of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Jon Scieszka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J. K. Rowling Johnny and the Dead, Terry Pratchett The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. 2. 124 was spiteful. Charlotte's We b by E.B. Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world havent had the advantages youve had. The Secret Historys opener is a tension-packed line that immediately catches your attention. 3. Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone by JK Rowling. . She was Dolores on the dotted line. Be sure to let us know which must-read books have you read. missing 't'. If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Barry Lancet's latest Jim Brodie mystery-thriller, PACIFIC BURN (Simon & Schuster Feb. 9, 2016), opens with the line"The phone call came far too early to herald anything good."The first book in the series, JAPANTOWN, won the Barry Award for "Best First Novel," and the second, TOKYO KILL, was a finalist for a Shamus Award for "Best P.I. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or . She was in the white corner and that was that. , Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. , Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. , It was 7 minutes after midnight. 124 was spiteful. Your first line is the first opportunity readers have to meet and become interested in your main character. An interesting way to start this science fiction epic from the great Douglas Adams. This book was my introduction to Kurt Vonnegut. Probably the hardest part about writing a book is how to start a story in the first place. ;D. To this day I'm still trying to decide which is most depressing; this one or "Brave New World". This book was one I hated when I was a teenager, but then laughed about when I was an adult. If it's memorable, the other person will be captivated, engaged, intrigued. Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it. riverrun, past Eve and Adams, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. James Joyce, It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. , The Miss Lonelyhearts of the New York Post-Dispatch (Are you in trouble?Do-you-need-advice?Write-to-Miss-Lonelyhearts-and-she-will-help-you) sat at his desk and stared at a piece of white cardboard. , You dont know about me without you have read a book by the name of, Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested. .
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