First Sentence Quotes

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If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do

If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness.I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.

Alice Hoffman

Inspirational First Sentence

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Daphne du Maurier

First Sentence Dream

Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a

Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.

Stephen King

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Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princet

Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton.

Ernest Hemingway

First Sentence First Lines Opening Lines

Ilium, New York, is divided into three parts.

Ilium, New York, is divided into three parts.

Kurt Vonnegut

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It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were strik

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

George Orwell

First Sentence Dystopia Opening Lines April

A squat gray building of only thirty-four stories.

A squat gray building of only thirty-four stories.

Aldous Huxley

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Harry was bleeding.

Harry was bleeding.

J.K. Rowling

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He- for there could be no doubt of his sex, though the fashi

He- for there could be no doubt of his sex, though the fashion of the time did something to disguise it- was in the act of slicing at the head of a Moor which swung from the rafters.

Virginia Woolf

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There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.

There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.

Neil Gaiman

First Sentence Opening Lines

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy First Sentence

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

War

Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

J.K. Rowling

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The Rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning.

The Rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning.

George Orwell

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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

Family First Sentence

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were prou

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

J.K. Rowling

First Sentence Human Nature Opening Lines

All this happened, more or less.

All this happened, more or less.

Kurt Vonnegut

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The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

George Orwell

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I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ear

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

Orson Scott Card

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