Openings - First lines from books, poems, songs & movies
A collection of
first lines from
Everything
Everything
Books
Poems
Articles
Songs
Movies
About
Submit
Menu
About
Submit
Added October 9, 2015
I’ve hardly been outside my room in days
Cause I don’t feel that I deserve the sunshine’s rays.
Song
The Special Two
Missy Higgins
Released
2004
Song
Watch on YouTube
Amazon
iTunes
Watch on YouTube
Amazon
iTunes
Older
On Thursday, a man comes into the store and asks me how to kill his wife. I know, because it's my business to know, that what he really wants to ask is how to kill his wife and not get caught.
Newer
"You infernal scoundrel," Crawford shook his cane menacingly at the president. James Monroe reached for the tongs of the fireplace to defend himself, as Navy Secretary Samuel Southard leaped from his seat and intercepted Crawford, pushing him away from the president's desk and out the door. It was a terrifying scene: the president—the presidency itself—under attack for the first time in American history.