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Dr Mardy Grothe

Dr Mardy Grothe

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A daily Celebration of Great Opening Lines in World Literature, all more fully explored on https://t.co/HaLejmQ3IV

Southern Pines, NC Katılım Eylül 2009
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I first heard of Antonina on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America. Willa Cather, opening line of My Antonia (1918) #openinglines #firstsentences #332" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/novels#332
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When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake-not a very big one. Larry McMurtry, opening words of Lonesome Dove (1985) #openinglines #firstsentences #1228" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/novels#1228
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Tap-dancing child abuser. That's what the Sunday New York Times from March 8, 1993, had called Vivi. Rebecca Wells, opening words of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1996) #openinglines #firstsentences #247" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/novels#247
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The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families. Jay McInerney, opening line of The Last of the Savages (1997) #openinglines #firstsentences #1227" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/novels#1227
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Dr Mardy's Quotes of the Week Newsletter will begin on Substack next week. If you haven't already subscribed, now would be a good time to sign up. drmardygrothe.substack.com
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Once upon a time there was a six-toed cousin. Mine. Hedda Hopper, opening line of From Under My Hat (1952) #openinglines #firstsentences #767" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/non-fiction#767
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For forty years my act consisted of one joke. And then she died. George Burns, opening words of Gracie: A Love Story (1988) #openinglines #firstsentences #749" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/non-fiction#749
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three. Billie Holiday, opening words of Lady Sings the Blues (1956) #openinglines #firstsentences #766" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">greatopeninglines.com/non-fiction#766
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