Comments on: First Impressions: Our 30 Favorite Opening Lines in Literature

By: norcal

norcal — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:36:53 +0000

“Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes’ chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my mind, my eyes and face assuming a vacant and preoccupied expression.”

(“At Swim-Two-Birds” by Flann O’Brien)

By: susanna

susanna — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:34:50 +0000

“I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind.”
Ralph Ellison

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Flavorwire » 50 of the Best Opening Lines in Music — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:31:48 +0000

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By: Sonya L Moore

Sonya L Moore — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:47:53 +0000

“When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.”

“Ellen Foster’ by Kate Gibbons

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:17:30 +0000

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink” Dodie Smith. I Capture the Castle

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Flavorwire » Famous Last Words: Our 20 Favorite Final Lines in Literature — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:01:36 +0000

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Favorite First Lines // Beyond the Elements of Style — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:55:56 +0000

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By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:27:18 +0000

The sea is high again today, with a thrilling flush of wind. In the midst of winter you can feel the inventions of spring. (Lawrence Durrell, “Justine”)

By: Favorite Opening Lines in Ya « Emily and Her Little Pink Notes

Favorite Opening Lines in Ya « Emily and Her Little Pink Notes — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:07:33 +0000

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