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I think the opening paragraph for Coraline is probably in the top 5 I've ever read. It has a real "come children... sit on my lap and let me tell you a tale" type feel to it.
Amazing book. I'm a huge fan. This message has been edited. Last edited by: bub, |
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its been too long since i read it, and it was a library book so i can't comment.
i can say my own personal favourite opening paragraph is simon r green and shadows fall. "There is a place where dreams go to die...." I'd quote the full thing but i lent my book out and didn't get it back....again... i need to replace it...again...at least it gets enjoyed ~ You are an Accomptant. You keep track of the King's accounts, which is a fairly simplish job: his current holdings is always A LOT, and his expected revenue is always MORE. 'Sgood ta be da King. As long as there isn't a peasant uprising, you're likely to keep your head. Also, you're the only one in the office who knows how to use an abbacus. (Or multiply.) (Or add.) I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. |
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Now I'm going to have to go back and re-read the opening paragraph, because I honestly can't remember it.
You certainly can quote it, as long as you reference where you're quoting from! ~ Non-Mod-Amy, aka Amy of the Lost Ark You are a Bookholder. To prompt, or...LINE! (not to prompt) --not to prompt. That is the question. Whether t'is nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of a bad memory, or to take arms against a sea of textual deviations, and...LINE! (by opposing) --by opposing them...LINE! (end) --end...LINE! (them) --end them...LINE! (to prompt, to correct; no more; and by a correction to say we end the heart-ache of a really terrible performance) You didn't have to give me the whole thing! I know it! |
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quotes in full are allowed.
~ You are an Accomptant. You keep track of the King's accounts, which is a fairly simplish job: his current holdings is always A LOT, and his expected revenue is always MORE. 'Sgood ta be da King. As long as there isn't a peasant uprising, you're likely to keep your head. Also, you're the only one in the office who knows how to use an abbacus. (Or multiply.) (Or add.) I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. |
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