What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[bookluvr9]

"I decided to listen to my family and get back out there."

From Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook.

 

[starelda]

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S.Lewis

 

[Arwen Undomiel]

Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals.

The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark

 

[kelco]

We work all day, we feed the kids, we clean the bathroom, we go to church: we work all day again, we feed the kids again, we go to choir practice, we catch the news, we go to the store, we do the laundry, and we feed the kids again.
A Passionate Life~Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad

 

[Letalis]

In the midway of this out mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell, it were no easy task, how savage wild that forest, how robust and rough its growth, which to remember only, my dismay renews, in bitterness no far from death.

-The Inferno by Dante

 

[moonkitty]

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically."
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

 

[meh]

A panoply is a splendid and striking array, sometimes an array of knightly arms, sometimes an array of banners or trophies, costumes or works of art.

"Royal Panoply" by Carolly Erickson

 

[s3ph]

The Hunter, rifle in his hands, dug in a heel and came to a sudden halt on the game trail, motionless, nearly invisible in a thicket of serviceberry and crowded pines.

"Monster" by Frank Peretti

I feel the next sentence is obligatory: He heard something.

 

[HisJavajunkie]

"In our mind's eye we tend to see Paul Revere at a distance, mounted on horseback, galloping through the dark of night."

Paul Revere's Ride -- David Hackett Fischer

 

[texmex]

Darkness was encroaching on Cato Neimoidia's western hemisphere, though exchanges of coherent light high above the beleaguered world ripped looking night to shreds. Star Wars: Labryninth of Evil--James Luceno

 

[Glenda]

It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. ( When Heaven invades Earth - Bill Johnson)

 

[cobweb]

1. En el principio creo Dios los cielos y la tierra.
2. Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacia, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espiritu de Dios se movia sobre la faz de las aguas.

Santa Biblia, Version Reina-Valera 1960

 

[Hackett]

Caution: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover. Instruction booklet

 

[Pogue]

I live on Brazzaville Beach.

Brazzaville Beach, William Boyd.

 

[MarvinAndroid42]

^ hey! How's William Boyd? I've been meaning to read Any Human Heart; have you by any chance read that yet?

....
"The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon."
- William Golding's Lord of the Flies

Yes, that's my mandatory English reading book.

 

[revkajewel]

It came as a great surprise to me.
When Calls The Heart, Janette Oke

 

[fairiedust]

" Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and it has been told in another book called The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe how they had a remarkable adventure."

from "Prince Caspian" By C.S. Lewis

 

[justnw3]

"You have made a wise decision to learn keyboarding skills. These skills will be extremely important to your success. For in the new millenium, keyboarding skills, Internet skills, and basic sofrtware apps info is cruicial!"
my keyboarding book in school
BORING!

 

[jenptcfan]

Hobbling home under a mackerel sky, I came upon a group of children.

Gregory Maguire's Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

 

[march56]

I saw this on a different message board and thought it sounded fun.

Here's mine...

"Let's do it." Dusk was settling in. The air was cool, fragrant with pine and sage, and the swiftly moving river beckoned.

(From Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge)

Over and over again, like a broken record I hear the phrase, "Oh, you don't read the Bible, do you?"

Evidence That Demands A Verdict
by Josh McDowell