Novel First Sentences

"‘Thanks be, I’m done with geometry, learning or teaching it,’ said Anne Shirley, a trifle..."

heavyheartedlove — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:32 -0400

“‘Thanks be, I’m done with geometry, learning or teaching it,’ said Anne Shirley, a trifle vindictively, as she thumped a somewhat battered volume of Euclid into a big chest of books, banged the lid in triumph, and sat down upon it, looking at Diana Wright across the Green Gables garret, with gray eyes that were like a morning sky.”

- Anne’s House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery

"A tall, slim girl, ‘half-past sixteen,’ with serious gray eyes and hair which her friends called..."

heavyheartedlove — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:19 -0400

“A tall, slim girl, ‘half-past sixteen,’ with serious gray eyes and hair which her friends called auburn, had sat down on the broad red sandstone doorstep of a Prince Edward Island farmhouse one ripe afternoon in August, firmly resolved to construe so many lines of Virgil.”

- Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery

"If only he would change…If only I could change him…"

heavyheartedlove — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:15 -0400

“If only he would change…If only I could change him…”

- The Secret Ingredient by Jane Heller

"They sat facing one another across a table in the upper room of a drinking den known as the Barbary..."

heavyheartedlove — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:30:28 -0400

“They sat facing one another across a table in the upper room of a drinking den known as the Barbary Shark.”

- Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques

"On a clear day, Emma Hutch, thirty-three, could see forever – give or take a few yards."

heavyheartedlove — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:30:18 -0400

“On a clear day, Emma Hutch, thirty-three, could see forever – give or take a few yards.”

- Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel

"The walls screamed at her."

heavyheartedlove — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:40 -0400

“The walls screamed at her.”

- Light in Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz

"The night sky brightened faintly in the east with the approach of dawn as the Chosen entered the..."

heavyheartedlove — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:30:23 -0400

“The night sky brightened faintly in the east with the approach of dawn as the Chosen entered the Gardens of Life.”

- The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks

"They buried the great King as twilight streaked the west crimson."

heavyheartedlove — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:30:28 -0400

“They buried the great King as twilight streaked the west crimson.”

- Artifact by Gregory Benford

"Once upon a time we had a love affair with fire, the president of the United States thought as the..."

heavyheartedlove — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:37:27 -0400

“Once upon a time we had a love affair with fire, the president of the United States thought as the match that he’d just struck to light his pipe flared beneath his fingers.”

- Swan Song by Robert McCammon

"Even now, it seems strange to me that I should be writing this memoir at all."

heavyheartedlove — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:30:32 -0400

“Even now, it seems strange to me that I should be writing this memoir at all.”

- The Matrix by Jonathan Aycliffe

"She had everything ready for him, everything but herself."

heavyheartedlove — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:30:30 -0400

“She had everything ready for him, everything but herself.”

- Silk and Stone by Deborah Smith

"High above Earth the old Norse gods sit on their thrones in Asgard."

heavyheartedlove — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:30:35 -0400

“High above Earth the old Norse gods sit on their thrones in Asgard.”

- Runa by J. Alison James

"The world is full of broken people."

heavyheartedlove — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:30:17 -0400

“The world is full of broken people.”

- One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz

"When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp."

heavyheartedlove — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:30:27 -0400

“When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp.”

- Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson

"Some memories linger."

heavyheartedlove — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:30:19 -0400

“Some memories linger.”

- The Vanishment by Jonathan Aycliffe

"At the first gesture of morning, flies began stirring."

heavyheartedlove — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:30:25 -0400

“At the first gesture of morning, flies began stirring.”

- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

"At dusk he became restless, for the night always troubled him."

heavyheartedlove — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:30:23 -0400

“At dusk he became restless, for the night always troubled him.”

- 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."

heavyheartedlove — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:30:19 -0400

“My father explained it to me the first time when I was seven years old: The world is a system.”

- Hide by Lisa Gardner

"When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles."

heavyheartedlove — Fri, 31 May 2013 18:30:19 -0400

“When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles.”

- Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

"The great feline sat motionless on the parapet, his body a slash of shadow against the rising moon."

heavyheartedlove — Thu, 30 May 2013 18:30:17 -0400

“The great feline sat motionless on the parapet, his body a slash of shadow against the rising moon.”

- Hour of the Rose by Christina Skye