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"Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she'd been told that she would kill her true love."
"The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say."
"There is no lake at Camp Green Lake."
"When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
Mr and Mrs Dursley of Number Four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
I was home alone on that Friday evening. Those who survived know exactly which Friday I mean.
Walking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had no sinister premonitions about the day. It seemed like just another Monday, innocent but for its essential Mondayness, not to mention its Januaryness.
The circus arrives without warning.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Ooh, good one! Here are some of my favorites:"Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she'd been told that she would kill her true love."
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Nice picks Brigid! I thought about using Raven Boys too lol
Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Oh my. I have a horrible memory so can't think of any books except Harry Potter!"Me too.
The only one I can think of is "Call me, Ishmael," and I haven't even read Moby Dick!
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Also those are some good choices, Ashley!!
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Hahaha I had to look up the ones I listed––I only remembered that I liked the first lines but not exactly what they were. :D Also those are some good choices, Ashley!!"
Same for me -- I just looked up my favorite books and looked at the opening lines :)
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