Sentences of Discontent
"John Standish Manley had always believed that even the worst difficulties could be overcome with diligence, patience, and steadfast prayer, but as he lay with both legs broken atop an erupting volcano surrounded by chanting cannibals on the jungle island of Dooty Foobar, he began to wonder if he was wrong."
"Lying in a puddle of his own blood, Anthony Squeegee realized the chain of betrayal stemmed not from his years in the Mafia along Brooklyn's waterfront but sometime during his sophomore year at the Rhode Island School of Design."
These are two of my favorite first lines from Tobias Seamon's batch of great first lines guaranteed to get your blockbuster off to a best-selling start.
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