“The strangest thing about my wife’s return from the dead was how other people reacted.” —The Beginner’s Goodbye , Anne Tyler“The one clear thing I can say about Wednesday, the worst and most amazing day of my life, is this: it started out beautifully.”—From “The Infamous Bengal Ming,” the first in Rajesh Parameswaran’s collection I Am An Executioner: Love Stories “They live on a housing estate outside of the town of Worcester, between the railway line and the National Road.” —Scenes from Provincial Life , J.M. Coetzee“This is when and where it all begins, with all the dreamers champagne-drunk and stumbling on the head of the Needle.” —Truth Like the Sun , Jim Lynch
First Line Rundown Pt. 4
More (Potentially) Famous First Lines
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