Famous First Lines
The other day I was discussing famous first lines (from novels that is) with a friend. Here are my top 5:
When I was young, I used to think of ways to kill my daddy.
-- Kaye Gibbon, "Ellen Foster"
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in it's own way.
-- Leo Tolstoy, "Anna Karenina"
Call me Ishmael.
-- Herman Melville, "Moby Dick"
This is the most beautiful place on earth.
-- Edward Abbey, "Desert Solitaire"
A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head.
-- John Kennedy Toole, "A Confederacy of Dunces"
When I was young, I used to think of ways to kill my daddy.
-- Kaye Gibbon, "Ellen Foster"
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in it's own way.
-- Leo Tolstoy, "Anna Karenina"
Call me Ishmael.
-- Herman Melville, "Moby Dick"
This is the most beautiful place on earth.
-- Edward Abbey, "Desert Solitaire"
A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head.
-- John Kennedy Toole, "A Confederacy of Dunces"
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