The best opening line for a book
 

I'm reading "The Secret Lif of Salvador Dali" written by Salvador Dali. The first line is his book:

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Definately :)

if you are a vegas fan, you really need to read a book called "the green felt jungle" it is a very interesting book..:)

Once upon a time.....

I can see you're a natural :winkwink:

I've seen it two days ago on DVD - didn't like it too much :)

Salvador Dali...very talented painter....excellent work:winkwink:

"I dedicate this book to all the followers of Christ and his teachings; in particular to a true Christian -- Jimmy Hoffa -- because he hired ex-convicts as, I assume, Christ would have."

-Lenny Bruce, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

whats a book?

"All it took was an 'MMMBop' -- a unit of time measured in the amount it takes to snap your fingers -- and poof! From the 'middle of nowhere' out sprung Hanson: Isaac, Taylor, and Zachary, totally talented, awesomely adorable teen brothers to set music charts and young female hearts on fire."

-- Hanson: MMMBop to the Top, an Unauthorized Biography

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ...

The old Testament

Salvador Dali is so rad... i have a few of his prints in my house.... :)

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A & A Air Conditioning & Heating....


....... My phone book

HAHA This was what I was about to type out....

Know what book its from?

it's best to start from the end :thumbsup

Great lin, nd a great book. I have read Machiavelli a couple of months ago, and that has a great beginning line but I cant remember it exactly :(

Dammit, beat me to it. :)

Cheers,
Matt

Most of Dalis writings are genius I think.

In fact, the only way I can rival that from memory is from the Spike Milligan book where its starts something like this:

"After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it.":thumbsup

OMG! I thought I was the only person to have read that book....it was fricken' hilarious:thumbsup :thumbsup

So once upon a time, I tried to convince a publisher to take this book. I had been waiting all my life to write a book like this.

-William Upski Wimsat
(Bomb The Suburbs)

it was a dark and stormy night...

A Tale of Two Cities, if I recall correctly.

Really? Its one of my favorite movies of all time. Depp and Del Torro were so great.

Especially their mesciline scene at the circus! lol

"it was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

William Gibson :thumbsup

He's one of those writers that are tough to read without a dictionary sitting near by. It's quite amazing really that someone could have been so great at so many things.

yep

read the book, never saw the movie, but am sure it is better

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anything new?

How about this one? The best light comes from burning bridges!