From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
“There was a town, and there was a train, and there was a murder.”
“Hilda carefully wiped the dishes that Papa had washed.”
From Matilda Nordtvedt's Secret in the Maple Tree
“Michael was not himself.”
From James Dashner's The Mortality Doctrine: The Rule of Thoughts
“Hey, you!”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride Forever
“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
“Erik’s heart hammered in his chest as though Thor himself were tunneling out of his rib cage.”
From Christina Uss’ Erik Vs. Everything
“You’ve got to see this watch, Tommy.”
From S. J. Kincaid's Insignia: Vortex
“‘In worldview this morning, whole villages in the the Philippines have been demolished, and hundreds are missing as typhoons triggering massive mudslides continue to wreak havoc.'”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Nevermore
“New town, new casino–same old plan.”
From S. J. Kincaid's Insignia
“Maybe, Bat thought, there was something better in the world than cradling a sleepy, just-fed baby skunk in your arms.”
From Elana K. Arnold's Bat and the Waiting Game
“I know he’ll come for me.”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Angel
“It’s no secret that I’ve always been financially conservative – at least that’s the way I’ve described myself.”
From Craig Groeschel's Alter Ego
“The pains began at two thirty in the morning.”
From Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge
“The charity auction hadn’t started until well after midnight, when the gala dinner had ended.”
From Michael Scott's The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
First Sentence of a New World 