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No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.

Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

First Sentence Quotes: "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad."

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

First Sentence Quotes: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?"

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy

First Sentence Quotes: "Feast or famine. My plate is suddenly full."

Feast or famine. My plate is suddenly full.

David Wong Louie, The Barbarians are Coming

First Sentence Quotes: "Fifteen years ago I killed my sister."

Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.

Adam Rapp, Nocturne: A Play

First Sentence Quotes: "This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market."

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

First Sentence Quotes: "The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H."

The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H.

Dan Savage, Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America

First Sentence Quotes: "If the devil ever raised a garden, the Everglades was it."

If the devil ever raised a garden, the Everglades was it.

James Carlos Blake, Red Grass River: A Legend

First Sentence Quotes: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

First Sentence Quotes: "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

First Sentence Quotes: "This is how it feels to die: It starts from outside and works its way in."

This is how it feels to die: It starts from outside and works its way in.

Sarah Wylie, All These Lives

First Sentence Quotes: "The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is."

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.

James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa

First Sentence Quotes: "Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs."

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

Lynda Barry, Cruddy

First Sentence Quotes: "One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion."

One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion.

Michael Grant, Gone

First Sentence Quotes: "I should probably start with the blood."

I should probably start with the blood.

Robin Wasserman, The Book of Blood and Shadow

First Sentence Quotes: "All I was trying to do when they caught me was bury my mother in an unmarked grave."

All I was trying to do when they caught me was bury my mother in an unmarked grave.

S. L. Viehl

First Sentence Quotes: "Goldenrod Moram had a first name that sounded like it belonged in the middle of a fairy tale, where she would be the dazzling princess in need of rescuing."

Goldenrod Moram had a first name that sounded like it belonged in the middle of a fairy tale, where she would be the dazzling princess in need of rescuing.

Sarvenaz Tash, The Mapmaker and the Ghost

First Sentence Quotes: "Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas—but not zombies."

Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas—but not zombies.

Mercedes Lackey, Dead Reckoning

First Sentence Quotes: "I am girl of definitions, of logic, of black and white.Remember this."

I am girl of definitions, of logic, of black and white.Remember this.

Cecelia Ahern

First Sentence Quotes: "Toward the end of February 1954, James Beard was at work in his Greenwich Village kitchen doing what he most loved to do: cooking delicious meals."

Toward the end of February 1954, James Beard was at work in his Greenwich Village kitchen doing what he most loved to do: cooking delicious meals.

Laura Shapiro, Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America

First Sentence Quotes: "If you want vampires and werewolves, faeries, fallen angels or zombies, you won't find them here. I know a real-life monster."

If you want vampires and werewolves, faeries, fallen angels or zombies, you won't find them here. I know a real-life monster.

Stephanie Lawton, Want

First Sentence Quotes: "There once was a woman named Story Easton who couldn't decide if she should kill herself, or eat a double cheeseburger."

There once was a woman named Story Easton who couldn't decide if she should kill herself, or eat a double cheeseburger.

Elizabeth Leiknes, The Understory

First Sentence Quotes: "Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw, " that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?"

Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw, " that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?

Donna Tartt, The Secret History

First Sentence Quotes: "Women have always been spies."

Women have always been spies.

Harriet Rubin, The Princessa: Machiavelli For Women

First Sentence Quotes: "They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that's not how it happened for me."

They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that's not how it happened for me.

Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

First Sentence Quotes: "Feathers fell from the sky. Like black snow, they drifted onto an old city called Bath."

Feathers fell from the sky. Like black snow, they drifted onto an old city called Bath.

Stefan Bachmann, The Peculiar