#sentence

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#food #food

Sam LeClaire was a good-looking son of a bitch. ↗

— Rachel Gibson

#opening-sentence #humor

In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#dots #end #i #indescribable #myself

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. ↗

— George Orwell

#dystopia #first-sentence #opening-lines #day

Marley was dead: to begin with. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#christmas

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#philosophy #first-sentence

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