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Old 06-05-2012, 15:29   #6
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Re: Bookworms:What are the best first lines you've read?

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking"

Also like "Mad Magazine's" opening for "Moby Dick": "Call me Fishmeal"
Haven't read I am a Camera - interesting start though...

How about: "I will not drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week"
From Bridget Jones Diary
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