Famous Opening Lines of Novels

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"

"In the beginning the universe was created. This has made many people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move"

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect"

"This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it"

"I don’t know how other men feel about their wives walking out on them, but I helped mine pack."

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

“Call Me Ishmael.”

"You better not tell nobody but God"

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."

“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”

It is a truth Universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife"

All this happened, more or less.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."

Mother died today.

“When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold”