@jeffreymartin Lets play a game
How about;

1. "If she moved her head all the way up against the wall and tilted it to the left she could just see the edge of the moon through the bars"

or (a mean one)

1. "It was a nice day."
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2. "Some things start before other things."
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3. "This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesnt pretend to answer all or any of these questions."
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Now context and what book, and my opinion.

1. This sentence is only part of the first paragraph of Alice by Christina Henry. The paragraph continues to draw one in by means of spinning a slightly wack image. "... Just a silver sliver, almost close enough to eat. A sliver of cheese, a sliver of cake, a cup of tea to be polite."
   These were just the first three sentences now, but by this point im already sold...

2."... All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadnt been invented yet. But clouds massing east of Eden suggested that the first thunderstorm was on its way, and it was going to be a big one."
Jus the first sentence alone is simply mean. This sentence demands to continue with the next. and the next and so on. It is the first paragraph from the late Pratchett's Good Omens. A masterpiece, that if you havnt read it, stop what youre doing and read it, It is the book that made me fall in love with reading again.

1. Very mysterious in my opinion. What things, Which Other things? The second sentence sets the tone further.
   "It was a summer shower but didnt appear to know it, and it was pouring rain as fast as a winter storm."
   A brilliant way to describe, everyone instantaneously knows what kind of rain this is. Now, true, it is not a truely inspiring first sentence. But wait untill you read the title of the chapter again. "A Clang well done"
   Now that I read it again, maybe I shouldve noted that as the first sentence of the book.... (The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett)

2. Thats now the 3rd Pratchett, and im not even sorry.
   This one is just an honerable mention really, because I just wanted to share the first two paragraphs of this book with you. (thought you might appreciate it)
   The book continues with paragraph two:
   "It may, however, help to explain why Gandalf never got married and why Merlin was a man. Because this is also a story about sex, although probably not in the athletic, tumbling, count-the-legs-and-divide-by-two sense unless the characters get totally beyond the author's control. They might."
   And paragraph three:
   "However, it is primarily a story about a world. Here it comes now. Watch closely, the special effects are quite expensive."
   I could go and type the entire book here... Its such a great story that is involving in so many ways. Im a fan of Pratchett, in case one hadnt noticed.

Let me know your thoughts! Any reading suggestions?

upvoted and reSteemed.
ps. Im currently working my way through "The Divine Comedy" by Dante. Beautiful, but exhausting to read.

edit; I just noticed that the formatting is way off. Which is an issue of the site I guess, soooo.. sorry.