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Favorite First Lines

May 26, 2020

I play this game when I’m reading a book – I try to guess what the first paragraph the author wrote is. As a writer myself, I presume what becomes the opening line isn’t how the first draft began, but I always wonder where the original kernel is buried. These are some of my favorite (published) first sentences of books.

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It is you and the crag. You and the wind. You and the tiny Alpine flower that’s found a sheltered crack to grow in. No guidebook can prepare you for that. This is a series of lessons I learned walking across a small island.

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Meaghan's bookshelf: currently-reading

Metropolitan Stories
Metropolitan Stories
by Christine Coulson
The Pursuit of William Abbey
The Pursuit of William Abbey
by Claire North
Beheld
Beheld
by TaraShea Nesbit

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