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What's your favorite first line?
Just an idle curiosity. Have you ever been struck by the first line or first few lines of a book? I'd like to hear what books (if any) grabbed you by the neck and drew you in in the first line.
I'll start with my favorite:
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it" C.S. Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
9 Answers
- єνєи αиgєℓѕ fαℓℓLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
"Imagine that you have to break someone's arm." - Hugh Laurie, 'The Gun Seller'
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A list of favorites:
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." - 1984 (George Orwell)
"There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Srubb, and he almost deserved it." - The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (CS Lewis)
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." - The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way." - A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
"All children, except one, grow up." - Peter Pan (JM Barrie)
- 1 decade ago
"As 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
I love that book =] Seriously was the first thing that popped into my mind. And probably the only direct quote from a book that I know by heart!
- 1 decade ago
"This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child." C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." 1984 by George Orwell. Just seeing that makes me want to read it again right now. It was enough to intrigue me the first time around and its just timeless.
Source(s): http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/0.html - 1 decade ago
oh man I have a bunch of favorites, but for now I'll just say...
"There is no lake at Camp Green Lake." from Holes by Louis Sachar :)
- 1 decade ago
A tale of two cities, Charles Dickens.: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
- 1 decade ago
"It was the night before Christmas when all through the house..."
Source(s): Actually, if you could believe it, this was the first line to come to my head. From that, I must assume that it's my favourite first line, as it's the only one I can remember by heart.
