What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[PastorJim]

"Throughout the history of the Christian church, it has been clearly understood that the Bible as originally given by God was free from error." - Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, Gleason Archer

 

[HiredGoon]

"The movemant of Christianity from Europe to North America was an immensely complex migration, extending over centuries and filled with tragic disillusionment as well as unanticipated successes." -The Old Religion in a New World: The History of North American Christianity by Mark Noll.

 

[hogiqas]

"Labor Day weekend, 1979."
Six Hours One Friday by Max Lucado

 

[HiredGoon]

"Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory." -The Valley of Vision

 

[Ellesar]

"'Abramm Kalladorne will fall, Vesprit.'" Shadow Over Kiriath by Karen Hancock

 

[GrinningDwarf]

"Londoners love pageants." Charles Spurgeon: The Prince of Preachers, J.C. Carlile

 

[wanderingone]

"At the dawn of the twenty-first century, religious Fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in America."
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From the preface to:
Fleeing Fundamentalism by Carlene Cross

 

[revkajewel]

The wind awakened Christine, slashing branches against the heavily iced window and flinging snow crystals with unbridled strength at the log sides of the small cabin.

When Tomorrow Comes by Janette Oke
(Book 6 of 6 in her Canadian West series)

 

[OceanGirl]

I've got the home stretch all to myself.

( Batman: The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel by: Frank Miller)

 

[HiredGoon]

"Albrecht Dürer is one of the most celebrated artists of all time, yet despite our substantial knowledge about him he is arguably one of the most elusive." -Albrecht Dürer In the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.

 

[supergirl135]

Ahh let's see-
"The English philosopher and scientist Roger Bacon once wrote: :Mathematics is the gate and key of the sciences."..."
-Elementary Algebra

XD

 

[openup4christ]

"The east wind smelled of dry, dusty,barren places."
The Twilight of Courage by Bodie and Brock Thoene

 

[Trippin]

"The world . . . does not become manifest by its mere existence."
Consciousness: a users guide

 

[KristyAnne]

"In the late 1950s, the Royal Candian Air Force produced a booklet on isometrics, a form of exercise that enjoyed a short but devoted vogue with my father".
-The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

 

[haya]

Besides the table of contents?

"The maps on the next 11 pages provides an up-to-date view of the world."

hehe... That sentence is grammatically incorrect - subject/verb agreement (maps.. provides)... And this is an A Beka textbook!!!

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

"Some people never read forewords, or read them only after they've finished the book, in case the introduction spoils the story." --Michel Faber, The Apple

 

[SiobhanClancy]

"On top of everything,the cancer wing was Number 13."~Cancer Ward,Alexander Solzhenitsyn

 

[Theogonia]

"He was born in an air-raid shelter--and his first wail was drowned by the shriek of bombs, the thunder of falling walls and the coughing chatter of machine guns raking the sky."

Final Blackout - L. Ron Hubbard

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.

 

[Jennie726]

"Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways."

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban