Claire
Master Chef
An elderly blind lady I read to and I have been working on finding the best first lines in a book. I cannot believe this, but every time I back up to insure I'm quoting correctly, I lose the line.
My friend (she's 78) came up with "call me Ishmael".
I came up with "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."
No one give me poopoo for not having these exactly right; every time I go off this page to check, I lose it.
Anyway, we spent time thinking about other famous first lines, and came up with a few. Ironically, we couldn't remember the first line of the bible. One of her fundamentalist care-givers could not as well. Yes, we did find it.
Anyone else have great first lines in a book?
My friend (she's 78) came up with "call me Ishmael".
I came up with "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."
No one give me poopoo for not having these exactly right; every time I go off this page to check, I lose it.
Anyway, we spent time thinking about other famous first lines, and came up with a few. Ironically, we couldn't remember the first line of the bible. One of her fundamentalist care-givers could not as well. Yes, we did find it.
Anyone else have great first lines in a book?