Monday, March 12, 2007

You Had Me At Hello

I usually know within the first chapter whether I am going to enjoy a book or not. A few memorable books have lines that will hook you with the very first sentence. Below are a few that have stayed with me.

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." The Gunslinger by Stephen King

"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
1984 by George Orwell

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

"Call me Ishmael." Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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2 comments:

  1. Denise9:42 AM

    Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice": 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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  2. Anonymous1:51 PM

    "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills." by Isak Dinesen.

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