tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post1419070444432763729..comments2024-03-08T18:41:33.378-06:00Comments on I Was Just Wondering: What's your favorite opening line of a novel?Jess Wundrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627683239720941969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-57069359234847818292007-07-30T20:34:00.000-05:002007-07-30T20:34:00.000-05:00"Indian summer is like a woman: ripe, hotly passio..."Indian summer is like a woman: ripe, hotly passionate, but fickle."<BR/><BR/>Peyton Place, by Grace Metalious<BR/><BR/>I've never read beyond that first sentence, how could it ever get any better?<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>TengrainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-5182010126576749892007-07-30T10:08:00.000-05:002007-07-30T10:08:00.000-05:00Catamite is such a great word. I don't use it so ...Catamite is such a great word. I don't use it so much anymore since Tony Blair stepped down.Jess Wundrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627683239720941969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-51709482090189096282007-07-30T09:51:00.000-05:002007-07-30T09:51:00.000-05:00"It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday,..."It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."<BR/><BR/>From Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess<BR/><BR/>Great question, by the way.Sorghum Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248988779128780084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-61400837168238195552007-07-30T09:24:00.000-05:002007-07-30T09:24:00.000-05:00"Granted: I am an inmate of a mental hospital; my ..."Granted: I am an inmate of a mental hospital; my keeper is watching me...." The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass.Dr. Monkey Von Monkersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14370062692837972451noreply@blogger.com