Fascinating First Lines...

FIRST LINES. 

I'm completely obsessed with first lines.

They fascinate me. I highlight them.

First lines of books.

First lines of chapters.

First lines of letters.
First lines of magazine articles.
First lines of sales pitches, newspaper articles, scripts, brochures...

First lines of songs.

First lines of the dreaded query letters. Some of them are fantastic!

Anything.

I ask everyone I know to tell me the best / worst first lines they've ever read. If they write, I love hearing the first lines from THEIR works.

I challenge you to find some creative first lines (and their sources) just to see the variety.

Maybe it's the first line your spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/loverrrrrrr said to you.

By the way, the first word/line my daughter wrote: Kiss. (which sort of scares me)

So, I'm looking for first lines.

And GO!

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