a snap decision about whether to buy it? When it's your book that's coming under this casual-but-critical scrutiny, you want the reader to be instantly hooked. The way to accomplish this is to create compelling opening sentences.
Nancy Kress
In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.
Jeff Lindsay
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I'm the worst liar in the world.
Sonam Kapoor
Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire.
Jim Cooper
Many militants of the secular cause look astonishingly like clergy. Worse: like caricatures of clergy.
Michel Onfray
Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
Noam Chomsky
Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. Now we're doing arenas.
Jeff Dunham
Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.
Derek Jeter
Nancy Kress
In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.
Jeff Lindsay
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I'm the worst liar in the world.
Sonam Kapoor
Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire.
Jim Cooper
Many militants of the secular cause look astonishingly like clergy. Worse: like caricatures of clergy.
Michel Onfray
Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
Noam Chomsky
Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. Now we're doing arenas.
Jeff Dunham
Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.
Derek Jeter