#opening quotes

[craftyfiremilkshake-blog]

Encouraging Quote pertaining to Strength and also Inspiration

[hallowgracie]

"This summer was going to be the summer I fell in love for the first time."

--the opening line of Twilight Tides

[noctuamagna]

A selection of opening quotes from Welcome to Night Vale.

Close your eyes. Let my words wash over you. You are safe now. (wtnv 5)

Silence is golden. Words are vibrations. Thoughts are magic. (wtnv 8)

Your existence is not impossible But it's also not very likley. (wtnv 16)

[lukianocom]

Ronald Reagan – Before I refuse to take your questions, I ha… Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. Ronald Reagan

[gyrrakavian]

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learnhistory correctly-- why they are simply doomed.

Achem Dro'hm, "The Illusion of Historical Fact" -- C.Y. 4971 [Andromeda, episode 3]

[firstreadbooks]

As the tide washed in, the Dutch Tulip Man faced the ocean: “Conjoiner rejoinder poisoner concealer revalator. Look at it, rising up and rising down, taking everything with it.” “What’s that?” I asked. “Water. Well, and time.”

PETER VAN HOUTEN, An Imperial Affliction (TFiOS)

This, apparently, is from the book within the book. The dialogue reads like… like the @GuyInYourMFA’s idea of good poetry. Yeah, that’s what it reminds me of. Who talks like this? It doesn’t really strike me as an enjoyable book. Are we trying to replicate the narrative weirdness of ‘House of Leaves’? Does he wish he’d written this book?

So far, yes, I think he does.

[booksonquack]

Like clog dancing, the art of analyzing works of literature is almost dead on its feet.

Terry Eagleton, How to Read Literature