Compelling First Words Quotes

“I knew I would stay in this town when I found the blue enamel pot floating in the lake. The pot led me to the house, the house led me to the book, the book to the lawyer, the lawyer to the whorehouse, the whorehouse to science, and from science I joined the world.”
― Leslie Daniels, Cleaning Nabokov's House

“Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be”
― Tea Obreht