The inimitable Fr Z has a great post going on the best first sentences of books.
Which reminded me of a story I remember from years back: the students were taught that the best openings of stories should contain as many as possible of the key elements of dramatic fiction: religion, sex, mystery, a person of rank...
So one student crafted the perfect first line:
'My God!,' cried the Duchess, 'I'm pregnant! I wonder whodunnit?'
Unfortunately as it's apocryphal, I can't post it in Fr Z's comments - so I put it here instead. Fewer readers, but I strive for quality not quantity...
CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October.
Understandable, but I have some reservations.
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There is something splendid about the thought that, somewhere in the dark
of night a person with a simple radio could turn a dial and hear a voice
cracklin...
6 hours ago
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