tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post8086574560435422401..comments2024-03-29T04:30:01.312-05:00Comments on Breaking the Spine: Booking Through Thursday: BeginningsJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790372684512429774noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-1901987534360553682008-07-31T05:39:00.000-05:002008-07-31T05:39:00.000-05:00Fabulous post! I love to read other readers' favor...Fabulous post! I love to read other readers' favorite passage. These are great (and from some of my favorite books!). I haven't joined the Booking Through Thursday club yet, but in the meantime, perhaps I can blog about my favorite passages on a Thursday Thirteen day. I know I have at <I>least</I> 13!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-89177725891593910942008-07-27T11:36:00.000-05:002008-07-27T11:36:00.000-05:00I posted something on my blog in response to yours...I posted something on my blog in response to yours. You can find it <A HREF="http://forewordsandbookwords.blogspot.com/2008/07/two-passages.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865026737309825827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-12799764144618878712008-07-25T13:06:00.000-05:002008-07-25T13:06:00.000-05:00I referenced Stephen King's first line of his Dark...I referenced Stephen King's first line of his Dark Tower series in my post, and then when I went to grab the first line off the internet, I found this first line from It: <BR/><BR/>The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years -- if it ever did end -- began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.<BR/><BR/>Tell me that's not totally creepy!trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688001590373132381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-24037576135244718592008-07-25T04:52:00.000-05:002008-07-25T04:52:00.000-05:00I haven't read any of the books you mentioned, but...I haven't read any of the books you mentioned, but those are some interesting lines.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://when-books-tell-a-story.blogspot.com/2008/07/btt-memorable-first-lines.html" REL="nofollow">My post</A> is here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-78188258343635552622008-07-25T01:45:00.000-05:002008-07-25T01:45:00.000-05:00That's a good idea with writing the quotes down al...That's a good idea with writing the quotes down although I don't think I'm organized enough for that. Anyway, I just remember a tiny piece of dialogue. It's from Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere:<BR/><BR/>Anasthesia: Do you like cat?<BR/>Richard Mayhew: Yes, I quite like cats.<BR/>Anasthesia: Leg or breast?<BR/><BR/>It's probably not funny if you haven't read the book though.Marnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438523307803582514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-79761226810279012352008-07-24T14:19:00.000-05:002008-07-24T14:19:00.000-05:00These are some great lines. I don't remember many ...These are some great lines. I don't remember many lines.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://smariek.blogspot.com/2008/07/booking-through-thursday.html" REL="nofollow">Here is my BTT post</A>, I'm can't seem to leavea comment on the BTT site. :-(smariekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100767973885900243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-91030369359337472022008-07-24T12:40:00.000-05:002008-07-24T12:40:00.000-05:00I have only read She's Come Undone and had forgott...I have only read She's Come Undone and had forgotten that line. I like the one from Ya Yas though.Confuzzled Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738492612572914119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-25137836214578482632008-07-24T08:09:00.000-05:002008-07-24T08:09:00.000-05:00Yes, I remember that line from Elizabeth Berg's no...Yes, I remember that line from Elizabeth Berg's novel. She can capture a lot in very little words. Great list!Karen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425141684712829990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-9661625954771911522008-07-24T07:50:00.000-05:002008-07-24T07:50:00.000-05:00I have to start writing my favs down! I'm a big A...I have to start writing my favs down! I'm a big Alice McDermott fan and I love the Charming Billy opener. Thanks for the reminder.Mary (Bookfan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00573126476574980169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-11111979226529750072008-07-24T07:39:00.000-05:002008-07-24T07:39:00.000-05:00I occasionally have boughts of copying favorite li...I occasionally have boughts of copying favorite lines from books, but I don't know where the pad's at right now. <I>Obviously I'm not on that kick today</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-28866304765327923552008-07-24T06:48:00.000-05:002008-07-24T06:48:00.000-05:00oh how I love that you keep the lines that you lov...oh how I love that you keep the lines that you love from books..... in a book....<BR/><BR/>I underline the words and sentences and paragraphs that I love or dog ear the page....but now I want to go back and save them all in one place !!!!bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496061930840642053.post-85978991894072274512008-07-24T06:46:00.000-05:002008-07-24T06:46:00.000-05:00I don't remember any! But yours are sure good!:DHe...I don't remember any! But yours are sure good!<BR/><BR/>:D<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/07/booking-through-beginnings.html" REL="nofollow">Here is my BTT post</A>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.com