It Begins
March 25, 2013 9:48 AM   Subscribe

Opening lines are the initial portions of dialogue or text in a written book often constituted by at least the first sentence or a fragment thereof. A good opening line, or incipit, is usually considered desirable. A number of them are so well-known that they are remembered long after the book, while others are so famous that they can end up parodied.
posted by ben30 (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: A link to single page on wikiquote without any other context is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex



 
I recognized the opening to "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" without having ever read it or watched the movie.
posted by Foosnark at 9:56 AM on March 25, 2013


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