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When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#chicken #family #first-sentence #freaks #family

The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H. ↗

— Dan Savage

#happiness #politics #freedom

Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love

My suffering left me sad and gloomy. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. ↗

— George Eliot

#beauty

We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck. ↗

— M.T. Anderson

#fun

Women have always been spies. ↗

— Harriet Rubin

#women #first-sentence

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#first-sentence

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

— Chuck Palahniuk

#opening-lines #first-sentence

Call me Ishmael. ↗

— Herman Melville

#introduction #opening-lines #sobriquet #first-sentence