What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[Konnie]

Nothing ever begins.

Weaveworld by Clive Barker

 

[PastorJim]

"In the beginning..."

 

[Konnie]

The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years--if it ever did end--began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.

It by Stephen King

 

[WannaWitness]

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (New King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 1:1)

 

[HiredGoon]

"The Royal pen of the prophet David hath most truly affirmed, 'that they who go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." -Remarkable Providences, by Increase Mather.

 

[Konnie]

At the insistence of my stepmother Cesaria Barbarossa the house in which I presently sit was built so that it faces southeast.

Galilee - Clive Barker

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

On 2 November 1755 the Queen-Empress was in labour all day with her fifteenth child. "Marie Antoinette" by Antonia Fraser

 

[Eakenyon]

Bentley Bishop stepped out of the elevator into a buzz of activity, all directed at him.-"Come Thirsty", by Max Lucado

The line from "It" gave me goosebumps, I've read that book so many times I know it by heart, and it STILL scares me!

 

[Konnie]

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the snall town of Castle Rock, Maine.

Cujo by Stephen King

 

[GrinningDwarf]

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

 

[Bro_Sam]

Welcome to CF. I look forward to seeing you around.

 

[GrinningDwarf]

It was raining in Richmond on Friday, June 6.

Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell

 

[Bachi234]

"The receptionist echoed the decor, a human accessory precisely in tune with the restrained, almost severe chic of her surroundings." Chasing Cezanne by Peter Mayle

 

[Konnie]

She sits in the corner, trying to draw air out of a room which seemed to have plenty just a few minutes ago and now seems to have none.

Rose Madder by Stephen King

 

[Morghaine]

To Auriel, I will give the gift of gold.

Auriel Rising by Elizabeth Redfern

 

[Konnie]

You've been here before.

Needful Things by Stephen King

 

[CelticRose]

The Celts were once found all over Europe, from yhr Black Sea in the east to Ireland in the west, from south-west Spain & southern Italy, through Switzerland & up as far north as Denmark.

Sorry for the long quote - & it's only a baby name book.

 

[StoneDeaf]

Come, said my Soul

-- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

 

[Konnie]

For want of a nail the kingdom was lost--that's how the catechism goes when you boil it down.

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

 

[spinningwheelgirl]

"The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home."
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame