Top Ten Favorite Beginnings/Endings In Books
So this is an interesting one! I sat for hours trying to remember books with beginnings and/or endings that I had loved and came up with the following list, in no particular order.
"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink." - I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the
bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the
book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in
it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or
conversation?'" - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." - Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
"All was well." - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
"Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she'd been told that she would kill her true love." - The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater
"A Last Note from Your Narrator: I am haunted by humans" - The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
"It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child
is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they
still think that he or she is wonderful." - Matilda, Roald Dahl
"When Mr Bilbo Baggins announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventyfirst birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton." - Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." - Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
What's on your list?
Great list
ReplyDeleteI put the end of I Capture the Castle on my list, but of course the beginning is just as memorable! You have several of my favorites on your list.
ReplyDeleteBrill list. I love the start of The Raven Boys too.
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! That last line is amazing! So much HP nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteHalee @ Confessions of a Book Addict
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Great list! We share a few ;)
ReplyDeleteThis list is fantastic! Makes me want to read them all again!
ReplyDeleteI got to get my hands on The Book Thief. It gets such great reviews. Nice List. Here is my TTT
ReplyDeleteI loved the way you organized this list! Awesome quotes. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGood list, I love The Book Thief and Alice in Wonderland as well.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, The Great Gatsby would be on my list, but for the beginning, not the end. :D And agh God, I love the opening to Pride and Prejudice.
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