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They murdered him. — Robert Cormier

Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book. — Richelle E. Goodrich

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. — Rafael Sabatini

First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later. — Richard Ford

Buckmester County was in a time warp. — Monika Barbara Potocki

Call me Ishmael. — Herman Melville

Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton. — Ernest Hemingway,

It was Wang Lung's marriage day. — Pearl S. Buck

When a naked man shows up on your doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his ankle, it's best just to do what he asks — Molly Harper

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. It was the future, and everything sucked. — Greg Nagan

There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. — Neil Gaiman

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. — Rick Riordan

The bed woke Kali up with a soft caress, dressed her in her favorite comfy robe, and gently deposited her, standing vertically, in one-sixth gravity. — @hg47

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth. — George Orwell

There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood. — Dorothy L. Sayers

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. — J.R.R. Tolkien

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. — Charles Dickens

This morning, my mother didn't get out of bed. — Melina Marchetta

It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. — Lois Lowry

Hook your editor with a strong opening sentence to bring attention to your writing. — W. Terry Whalin

I am damned,' thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die. — Nick Cave

There is a delicate-looking plant native to North America called bleeding heart. — Josh Aterovis

No one dared do it before, not in front of the King (opening sentence) — Gordon Thomas

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. — J.K. Rowling

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method. — James Thurber

Indian summer is like a woman. — Grace Metalious

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

I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed. — William Gibson

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality. — Shirley Jackson

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. — Michael Cunningham

Sam LeClaire was a good-looking son of a bitch. — Rachel Gibson

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. — William Golding