Comments on: First Lines http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jan Leonard http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-12089 Jan Leonard Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:31:58 +0000 http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-12089 My all-time favorite first line is from Joseph Heller's "Something Happened," a thinly veiled account of his hellish days working at IBM: I get the willies when I see closed doors. My all-time favorite first line is from Joseph Heller’s “Something Happened,” a thinly veiled account of his hellish days working at IBM:

I get the willies when I see closed doors.

]]> By: Sundi http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-109 Sundi Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:10:59 +0000 http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-109 Greetings from Texas. Here is one from a book I really enjoyed: The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little pieces. I'm afraid I can't help you. Why? There's nothing you can do. Why? It can't be fixed. Why? It's broken beyond repair. It's in a million little pieces. James Frey 'A Million Little Pieces' Greetings from Texas. Here is one from a book I really enjoyed:

The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel.

I broke something, Old Man.

How badly is it broken?

It’s in a million little pieces.

I’m afraid I can’t help you.

Why?

There’s nothing you can do.

Why?

It can’t be fixed.

Why?

It’s broken beyond repair. It’s in a million little pieces.

James Frey ‘A Million Little Pieces’

]]> By: cheyenne http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-36 cheyenne Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:13:05 +0000 http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-36 Cool! Thanks! Cool! Thanks!

]]> By: rob http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-35 rob Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:35:01 +0000 http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/first-lines/#comment-35 How about! Ardie awakened to find that he had been made redundant from his current work place. He pondered, deciding that as an employer in a former life where he wrote "redundancy is the enema of industry" he had now changed his mind. Ardie :- First thoughts of business significance How about!

Ardie awakened to find that he had been made redundant from his current work place. He pondered, deciding that as an employer in a former life where he wrote “redundancy is the enema of industry” he had now changed his mind.

Ardie :- First thoughts of business significance

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