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5692457 All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. first-sentence Leo Tolstoy
c823a9c It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. dystopia first-sentence opening-lines George Orwell
fe9200b Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. first-sentence Daphne Du Maurier
2bf67b2 As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. first-sentence insects transformation Franz Kafka
4725e31 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 first-sentence inspirational Alice Hoffman
716d43c No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. first-sentence opening-lines H.G. Wells
9e63b10 Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs. first-sentence suicide Lynda Barry
0b50331 Maybe I'd always been broken and dark inside. broken dark depressing first-sentence relatable sad Sarah J. Maas
14972ea "When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing." chicken family first-sentence freaks Katherine Dunn
b75dac8 Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. first-sentence opening-lines Rick Riordan
b0bf82d They murdered him. first-sentence opening-lines opening-sentences robert-cormier Robert Cormier
3fe5917 I should probably start with the blood. first-sentence Robin Wasserman
dc75d6c There was a ticking time bomb inside my head and the one person I trusted to go in and get it out hadn't shown up or spoken to me for more than a year. first-sentence harry-dresden Jim Butcher
38b9852 I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn first-sentence Paul Auster