#sentence

There is nothing so banal in the world,' said Ada 'than pitching stones at a hawfinch. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#family

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#food #food

In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#dots #end #i #indescribable #myself

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. ↗

— George Eliot

#beauty

Women have always been spies. ↗

— Harriet Rubin

#women #first-sentence

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#first-sentence

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

— Chuck Palahniuk

#opening-lines #first-sentence

Call me Ishmael. ↗

— Herman Melville

#introduction #opening-lines #sobriquet #first-sentence

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

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#opening-lines #first-sentence

There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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