“Aliens suck at music.”— Year Zero , Rob Reid“We arrived in an undignified heap of witch and vampire.”— Shadow of Night , Deborah Harkness“They were hanging white folks in Louisiana and shooting black folks in Richmond.”— The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln , Stephen L. Carter“Lin Daiyu crushes apricot kernels and black sesame seeds in a marble mortar.”— The Red Chamber , Pauline A. Chen“It felt like the first morning of spring.” —The Crowded Grave , Martin Walker“ ‘Oh mon dieu,’ Cloquet said, when he opened the lodge door and saw me on the floor.”– Talulla Rising , Glen Duncan
First Line Rundown Pt. 7
Novel Openings, Continued
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