tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post2164697452848086056..comments2024-01-01T14:26:02.052-08:00Comments on The Question of the Day: Question of the Day #136Suzanne Casamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08306151428658707692noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-22175841398058867152009-03-21T19:34:00.000-07:002009-03-21T19:34:00.000-07:00""Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. ...""Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. The question of self-pity." Those were the first words I wrote after it happened." - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion<BR/><BR/>and...<BR/><BR/>"Dear Carrie Bradshaw, You are a fucking liar." <BR/>- Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster (all her books make me laugh out loud)Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917316616453564185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-35498818598479889502009-03-21T19:12:00.000-07:002009-03-21T19:12:00.000-07:00I don't memorize first lines, but for some reason ...I don't memorize first lines, but for some reason I know the first (or at least can summarize) of The Outsiders by SE Hinton. I think it was "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie theater..." or something like that. I'm not sure it's a grabber, but it's in my head. Stay gold, Ponyboy.Kelly Polarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968381456100611120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-49661237211345259072009-03-21T17:06:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:06:00.000-07:00This is a tough question, Suzanne :)! I will be ba...This is a tough question, Suzanne :)! I will be back, after re-reading some books. O my gosh, I'm getting old...RAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425443102217805623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-21660677035852809122009-03-21T16:59:00.000-07:002009-03-21T16:59:00.000-07:00Okay, two come to mind:I'm going back to high scho...Okay, two come to mind:<BR/><BR/>I'm going back to high school with George Orwell's, 1984. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."<BR/><BR/>More recently, I was hooked by the opening line of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's, Shadow of the Wind: "I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."lisa dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499149424402832171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-31758318342543148922009-03-21T14:18:00.000-07:002009-03-21T14:18:00.000-07:00One of my favorites is from Their Eyes Were Watchi...One of my favorites is from Their Eyes Were Watching God:<BR/><BR/><I>Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.</I>Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-86659513813291560142009-03-21T12:27:00.000-07:002009-03-21T12:27:00.000-07:00LOL! Enjoy how Google ads picked up on Mario Puzzo...LOL! Enjoy how Google ads picked up on Mario Puzzo's "criminal court" and posted an ad to appeal prison for life on my blog today!Suzanne Casamentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306151428658707692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592655422199331070.post-54719458010649028112009-03-21T11:44:00.000-07:002009-03-21T11:44:00.000-07:00John Le Carre, The Honourable School Boy: "Afterw...John Le Carre, The Honourable School Boy: "Afterwards, in the dustry little corners where London's secret servants drink together, there was an argument about where the Dolphin case history should really begin."<BR/>Immediately, I wanted to know what came before (the afterwards).<BR/><BR/>Nelson DeMille, Up Country: "Bad things come in threes."<BR/>First, because I firmly believe all things comes in threes; second, I buy every book the man publishes (same as with LeCarre and a few other favorite authors).<BR/><BR/>Another interesting question!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813508472498593787noreply@blogger.com