Good first lines

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Similarly heterodox, the first two sentences from Nick Tosches' 
"Dino—Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams": 

It was like the guys from the other side used to say: La vecchiaia è carogna. 
They were right: Old age is carrion.


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From: "Krafft, John M." <krafftjm at muohio.edu>
The latest list is semi-interesting, but it disappoints. . . .