What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[Reborn_in_Christ2003]

"Writing a book is a little like putting a note in a bottle and casting it our to sea." By Beverly Tatum from "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?"

 

[Babel Fish]

"Our Age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism."

The Essential Writings of Emerson

 

[emmanemena]

Hiji is an engaging hug-doll with a large oval head.
The Collection of Stuffed Dolls from a Fancy World

 

[Wisteria]

"Sydney honked the horn of his Shuttlebug outside of Sugums' house. When the little squirrel did not come out, Sydney went in to get him."
-- Sugums' Boat by Paula J. Bussard

This was one of my favourite childhood books. It's based on the verse "You were bought with a price; therefore honor God with your body." I just found this book again today.

 

[bestboy8]

This is the closest book to me, and also my favorite

Chapter 1
"How does Bugs Bunny do Half the Stuff He Does?"

"They named the pony Eeyore. He was a skany-looking beast, shaggy, and slumped over and hangdog."

from remnants #3, them

 

[DailyBlessings]

"A white Pomeranian named Fluffy flew out of a fifth-floor window in Panna, which was a brand-new building with the painter's scaffolding still around it."

Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra

Don't be fooled by the opening line though, the book is not an absurdist text in any way, except in the usual Indian sense.
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[Becky153]

"It all began with the aurochs." from Stehpen Lawhead's The Paradise War.

 

[Wisteria]

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
The Bible reveals God's soul to us in a way that no other book is able to do."

- Bible Promises for You

 

[DanPev]

"There was no escape." -- Excavation by James Rollins

 

[bookluvr9]

Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce

"His Royal Highness Kaddar, prince of Siraj, duke of Yamut, count of Amar, first lord of the Imperium, heir apparent to His Most Serene Majesty Emperor Ozorne of Carthak, fanned himself and wished the Tortallans would dock."

 

[Wisteria]

"I've survived a lot of things, I'm right proud to say, for someone who grew up in the backwoods of Missouri and all her life thought the whole world consisted of Poppy's front yard and a one-room shack."

- Ruth by Lori Copeland

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

On the first Monday of April 1625 the market town of Meung was in a wild state of excitement.

~The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas.

 

[kittysbecute]

"After a great deal of time examining oceans, investigating rainstorms, and staring very hard at several drinking fountains, the scientists of the world developed a theory regarding how water is distributed around out planet, which they have named "the water cycle." The water cycle consists of three key phenomena- evaporation, precipitation, and collection-and all of them are equally boring."

The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket

 

[SpyFox229]

"In the hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

All the states, all the dominions under whose authority men have lived in the past and live now have been and are either republics or principalities. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

 

[gesundheit]

"Those of us who teach and practice scientific biblical criticism often find ourselves engaged in an uphill battle against the misconceptions of popular, TV-preacher-driven fundamentalism."

The DaVinci Fraud - Robert M. Price

 

[KazeNoKoe]

"Testing, testing. One, two three"

"Survivor", by Chuck Palahniuk

 

[knownbeforetime]

The Nile is truly one of the great rivers of the world.

Jim W. Goll, The Seer

 

[kittysbecute]

"a or A n., pl. a's, A's the first letter of the English alphabet"

Webster's New World Dictionary

 

[Wisteria]

"a or A n., pl. a's, A's the first letter of the English alphabet"

Webster's New World Dictionary

That really amused me. Thanks for making me laugh!

"Everyday joys abound. It's a matter of perspective. For every trial there is a joy. For every loss there is a gain. Fidning the benefits to typical challenges brings to focus the beauty of daily life."

- Thomas Kinkade: Book of Joy