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Quotes Tagged "opening-lines"

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
— Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
Tags: wife, opening-lines, marriage, husband
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
— George Orwell 1984
Tags: opening-lines, first-sentence, dystopia, april
My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.
— Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones
Tags: opening-lines, life-and-death, inspirational, first-lines
Who is John Galt?
— Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged
Tags: taggart, philosophy, opening-lines, objectivism, galt, first-lines
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
— Blaise Pascal Pensées
Tags: poetry, opening-lines, on-writing, life-and-death, despair, creative-process
Here we are, alone again. It's all so slow, so heavy, so sad. . . I'll be old soon. Then at last it will be over. So many people have come into my room. They've talked. They haven't said much. They've gone away. They've grown old, wretched, sluggish, each in some corner of the world.
— Louis-Ferdinand Céline Death on the Installment Plan
Tags: opening-lines, mortality, life, death, aging
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