First Line Rundown Pt. 4

More (Potentially) Famous First Lines

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First line rundown pt. 4
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“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
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