"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Anna Karenina
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Top 10 Opening Lines in Literature
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"Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans." - The Iliad
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#3
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Pride and Prejudice
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#4
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,
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#5
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"You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by a Mr Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.”
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#6
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"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had m
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#7
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"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that a
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#8
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"Call me Ishmael." - Moby-Dick
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#9
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"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins." - Lolita
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#10
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"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." - 1984