First Lines That Slay Quotes

“London, the crouching monster, like every other monster has to breathe, and breathe it does in its own obscure, malignant way. Its vital oxygen is composed of suburban working men and women of all kinds, who every morning are sucked up through an infinitely complicated respiratory apparatus of trains and termini into the mighty congested lungs, held there for a number of hours, and then, in the evening, exhaled violently through the same channels.”
― Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude

“He'd never killed a woman in cold blood before, but now was as good a time as any.”
― Ronie Kendig, Storm Rising

“In the beginning there was darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret”
― Stacey Jay, Of Beast and Beauty

“When the world found out the fae existed, everything went to shit. Pardon my French.”
― Hannah Levin, The Treasured One

“Nigel narrowed his eyes to a thin slit. As an old drunk slouched in a chair, he drew as little notice as the broom propped in the corner. He leaned back his head, and the wall pushed his tweed cap down his brow.”
― L.H. Leonard