Novel First Sentences
Just as the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, every story ever written began with just one sentence.
Novel Last Sentences
“The world is full of broken people.”
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One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz
“When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp.”
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Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
“Some memories linger.”
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The Vanishment by Jonathan Aycliffe
“At the first gesture of morning, flies began stirring.”
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Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
“At dusk he became restless, for the night always troubled him.”
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The Legacy by John Coyne
“My father explained it to me the first time when I was seven years old: The world is a system.”
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Hide by Lisa Gardner
“When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles.”
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Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
“The great feline sat motionless on the parapet, his body a slash of shadow against the rising moon.”
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Hour of the Rose by Christina Skye
“As summer wheat came ripe,
so did I,
born at home, on the kitchen floor.”
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Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
“The way it looks is not the way it is.”
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Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
“Why is it that when you don’t want to think about something, you can’t stop thinking about it?”
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The Amanda Project by Amanda Valentino and Melissa Kantor
“Ten past nine on a mid-September night, everything in the town was tight shut, including the sky.”
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Beneath the Abbey Wall by A.D. Scott
