| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| ee155dd | There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. | opening-sentences walks opening-lines | Charlotte Brontë | |
| b0bf82d | They murdered him. | robert-cormier opening-sentences opening-lines first-sentence | Robert Cormier | |
| be60c1d | Like a horseman who reins in a wild stallion that has borne him, will he, nill he, across several counties; or a ship's captain who, after scudding before a gale through a bad night, hoists sail, and gets underway once more, navigating through unfamiliar seas- thus Dr. Daniel Waterhouse, anno domini 1685, watching King Charles II die at Whitehall Palace. | opening-sentences | Neal Stephenson |