#opening

Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works. ↗

— Uri Geller

#agencies #because #big #even #heads

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#first #first things #go #going #hand

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#opening-lines #life

I never really wanted to die. But I followed through anyway. The pain in my heart was excruciating, and death was beautiful. ↗

— Rae Hachton

#death-and-dying #first-lines #gothic-fantasy #gothic-romance #love

Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound but you couldn't fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer. ↗

— Betty Smith

#opening-lines #beauty

Sam LeClaire was a good-looking son of a bitch. ↗

— Rachel Gibson

#opening-sentence #humor

Art Matthews shot himself, loudly and messily, in front of the parade grounds at Dunstable Races. ↗

— Dick Francis

#art

Who is John Galt? ↗

— Ayn Rand

#galt #objectivism #opening-lines #philosophy #taggart

If you're going to read this, don't bother. ↗