329 Quotes About Opening-lines

Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there'd be no doubt. But for now Driver is, as they say, in the moment. And the moment includes this blood lapping toward him, the pressure of dawn's late light at windows and door, traffic sounds from the interstate nearby, the sound of someone weeping in the next room.

Six crows sit in our greengage tree. Half awake, I hear them speak to me in Haisla.

The heavy blade hung high above the prisoners, glinting against the stars, and then the Razor came down, a wedge of falling darkness cutting through the torchlight. One solid thump, and four more heads had been shaved from their bodies.

Jack stepped through the crack into the night. Outside the yard was quiet and thick dark clouds hid the moon from view.

Here's the truth, simply stated...bookstores are suffering from a serious crisis of falling sales. Don't believe a single zero of all those editions claimed to be 100,000! 40,000!...even 400 copies! just for the suckers! Alack!...Alas!...only love and romance...and even then!...manage to keep selling...and a few murder mysteries...

I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

Maybe punching her enemy right in the nose wasn't the smartest way to get out of class, but it was definitely a much more entertaining way.

The boy shot Wild Bill's horse at dusk, while Bill was off in the bushes to relieve himself

Once there was a little old lady who lived next-door. I was eleven when I decided to kill her. But I didn’t. As an eleven-year-old I was shocked, upset and angry enough to take the life of the frail-looking, white-haired woman, but I lacked the ingenuity and resolve to put a plan into action. It’s easy to want to kill someone but hard to actually do it. Especially when you’re a kid. That’s why I waited until I was eighteen.