"When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon." - James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss Zounds!!
Not my style myself, but I see the appeal Personally, my favorite has always been "The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault." – Blood Rites, by Jim Butcher And not just because the narrator is lying to you
Ed, that line is so good, I'm tempted to buy the book! My favorite is "After all the time and effort I put into killing you, coming back from the dead just seems rude." - The Stranger, by C. M. Havens
I've always enjoyed: "There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." -Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis
I've always liked the beginning of Michener's Tales of the South Pacific: "I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific." And then he does.
"When I was little the greatest mystery to me wasn't how babies are made, but why" Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
'When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options.' The Steel Remains - Richard Morgan
"I've read many books," said Professor Mephesto, with an odd finality, wearily flattening his hands on the podium, addressing the seventy-six sophomores who sat in easy reverence, immortalizing his every phrase with their pads and pens and now, as always, giving him the confidence to slowly, artfully dramatize his words, to pause, shrug, frown, gaze abstractly at the ceiling, allow a wan wistful smile to play at his lip, and repeat quietly, "many books . . ." Candy by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg --- not the greatest as far as literature, but definitely a memorable read
The end of the world started when a Pegasus landed on the hood of my car--rick riordan, Percy Jackson and the last Olympian.
