Books and Writing - Guess What Book This First Line Comes From - Page 4

Redfire · 02-17-2004, 09:22 PM

Is the phrase from a classic or is it a recently new book?

dukesmom · 02-19-2004, 04:29 PM

Is it a work by Jack London?

**Yellow Mustang Girl** · 03-27-2005, 09:08 PM

Since this has gone way, way, to the far back of FF, I thought I'd revive it with a new opening quote....

Let's try:

"Four years ago -- in 1874 -- two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of the city."

froggiepopple · 03-28-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow Mustang Girl

"Four years ago -- in 1874 -- two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of the city."

An International Episode by Henry James

"Your letter only reached me a few days ago."

Violet Blues · 04-07-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by froggiepopple

An International Episode by Henry James

"Your letter only reached me a few days ago."

Letters to a Young Poet--Rainer Maria Rilke

"The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran."

**Yellow Mustang Girl** · 04-08-2005, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Violet Blues

Letters to a Young Poet--Rainer Maria Rilke

"The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran."

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

How about "It was a pleasure to burn."

froggiepopple · 04-08-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow Mustang Girl

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

How about "It was a pleasure to burn."

Farhenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

"The Boulevard DU Cange was a broad, quiet street that marked the eastern flank of the city of Amiens."

Erin_Go_Bragh · 04-15-2005, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by froggiepopple

Farhenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

"The Boulevard DU Cange was a broad, quiet street that marked the eastern flank of the city of Amiens."

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."

Soz · 04-15-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Erin_Go_Bragh

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

"Nothing ever begins."

uniquely_distressed · 04-16-2005, 08:40 AM

Weaveworld by Clive Barker
(??? i think....?)
i think this may be too easy....

it is universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife

~*Echo*~ · 04-16-2005, 08:04 PM

Pride & Prejudice

"Left Munich at 8.35 p.m. on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6.46, but train was an hour late."

parasite33 · 04-17-2005, 06:06 AM

Dracula by Bram Stoker

"The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn."

Stay to the Lights · 07-13-2013, 03:08 AM

Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Quote:

"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me."

xlennie · 03-23-2014, 12:20 PM

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling

Quote:

“Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.”

CityGal · 08-30-2014, 07:36 AM

Reviving this because I've read the below quote, but can't recall which novel. It's driving me nuts.

Please someone...

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