Challenge
First lines
Write the best first sentence you’ve seen in a book, or first line in a poem, or a first sentence or line from one of your own works. No explanation, no context, just the line and where it’s from
My favorite first lines
It's always a tie for me between:
"Our is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically." - Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
and the equally impactful:
"It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute." - Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins.