#opening

It was Wang Lung's marriage day. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#opening-lines #marriage

What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term “mangina.” Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up. ↗

— Jessica Valenti

#eye-opening #feminism #gender-inequality #insults #men

It was a pleasure to burn. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#opening-lines #pleasure

Who is John Galt? ↗

— Ayn Rand

#galt #objectivism #opening-lines #philosophy #taggart

If you're going to read this, don't bother. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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Call me Ishmael. ↗

— Herman Melville

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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. ↗

— Rick Riordan

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When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#bumps #character #cracking #get #giving

There are gods in Alabama: Jack Daniel's, high school quarterbacks, trucks, big tits, and also Jesus. ↗

— Joshilyn Jackson

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