Your favourite first sentences

As an attempting writer I would really appreciate it if you guys could comment your favourite first sentences/paragraphs from books you like. I think plenty of people can agree when I say it's so hard to work out what to write first in a story. So maybe a thread like this could give us some inspiration?

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A attempting writer.

Original post by Melancholy

A attempting writer.

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Reply 3

SoftGingerCat

Original post by Melancholy

A attempting writer.

whoops! - fixed

Reply 4

Melancholy

Original post by SoftGingerCat

whoops! - fixed

Cool 😎

"The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer."

Reply 5

SeraphSoup

"his name was Eustance Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

because does anything really set a better tone than roasting your characters from the get go?

Reply 6

gjd800

'An attempting writer' still makes little sense. You mean 'aspiring'.

Reply 7

Alesha1991

"Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense."