Okay, here we go. First lines of the book:
"So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness."
"So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness."
Guess that book quote
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I'm gonna say Beowulf, only because I can't think of anything else with Danes.
You are correct, sir. You're go.
"The village of Holcombe stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there."
Need a clue? It is the first sentance of a book commonly referred to as a "non-fiction novel".
In Cold Blood​ - Truman Capote.
Indeed sir, your move.
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 criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world havent had the advantages that you've had.
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world havent had the advantages that you've had.
Gatsby!...great book. I hated it in high school, but I read it again last year. Just a brilliant book.
Correct!! I started reading it recently, and really want to finish before the movie!
You are up sir!!
You are up sir!!
First sentance, I'll give more if needed.
Vaughan died yesterday in his last car-crash.
Vaughan died yesterday in his last car-crash.
I was 13 hours too late for the one I knew... This one has me stumped.
Next line;
During our friendship he had rehearsed his death in many crashes, but this was his only true accident.
During our friendship he had rehearsed his death in many crashes, but this was his only true accident.
1996 film adaptation by David Cronenberg.
Sounds like Crash.
indeed it is, you are up.
OK, here's the first line....
"I was born in 1927, the only child of middle-class parents, both English, and themselves born in the grotesquely elongated shadow, which they never rose sufficiently above history to leave, of that monstrous dwarf Queen Victoria."
And here's one more....
“He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal.”
"I was born in 1927, the only child of middle-class parents, both English, and themselves born in the grotesquely elongated shadow, which they never rose sufficiently above history to leave, of that monstrous dwarf Queen Victoria."
And here's one more....
“He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal.”
“The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed."
"I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self."
"You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.”
"I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self."
"You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.”
“Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.'
To live alone?'
To live. With what you are.”
To live alone?'
To live. With what you are.”
The Magus​ - John Fowles
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