“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
whichwoolfwins on
Call me Ishmael.
datanerdette on
Call me Ishmael.
Opus-the-Penguin on
“It was a pleasure to burn.” We could ratchet up the difficulty by at least an order of magnitude by stipulating that it can’t be the opening line. I’d have to think a lot harder then.
eric_the_bean on
The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed.
phoeniks on
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
phoeniks on
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
Quiet_Thicc_Babe87 on
‘Twas the night before Christmas…
phoeniks on
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
Taste_the__Rainbow on
“Nice bird, asshole.”
mistercliff42 on
Don’t panic.
The__Imp on
Yer a wizard, Harry Potter.
RelativeSetting8588 on
Call me Ishmael.
Mediocre_Let1814 on
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
YakSlothLemon on
“Reader, I married him.”
No-Law7264 on
Fear is the mind killer…
CatCafffffe on
“Reader, I married him.”
sitnquiet on
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
Remarkable_Inchworm on
So it goes.
YakSlothLemon on
“The great fish moved silently through the night water…”
Lazy-Thanks8244 on
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
Remarkable_Inchworm on
TANSTAAFL.
Deglutire_dentes_tuo on
“Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood…..”
Bad-River on
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
Remarkable_Inchworm on
Goddamnit, Donut!
(OK, that’s a recent one.)
BottomPieceOfBread on
M-O-O-N that spells ______
DrmsRz on
“Remember that hope is a good thing … maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
LaTulipeBlanche on
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Material-Passage9733 on
“I speak for the trees”
OhNo_Nacho on
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”
coala12369 on
“Brutus is an honorable man”
Or
“My name is ozymandias, king of kings, look at my works ye mighty and despair.
Zev98 on
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
xingrubicon on
Right. In. My. Fucking. Ear.
missdawn1970 on
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
Epyphyte on
“Jack, you have debauched my sloth.”
drjuj on
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
Alternatively, “Slag off, you pixie!”
TK_Sleepytime on
“The horror! The horror!”
NoTown7618 on
mother died today.
McDragonFish on
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie theater…
Chonjacki on
War is god.
glibego on
In the destructive element immerse.
OhkerDokers on
Timshel!
BelmontIncident on
The building was on fire and it wasn’t my fault
omgtess43 on
“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Dismal_Tank1484 on
« Aujourd’hui, maman est morte. »
“Mother died today.”
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“Call me Ishmael.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
Call me Ishmael.
Call me Ishmael.
“It was a pleasure to burn.” We could ratchet up the difficulty by at least an order of magnitude by stipulating that it can’t be the opening line. I’d have to think a lot harder then.
The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
‘Twas the night before Christmas…
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
“Nice bird, asshole.”
Don’t panic.
Yer a wizard, Harry Potter.
Call me Ishmael.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
“Reader, I married him.”
Fear is the mind killer…
“Reader, I married him.”
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
So it goes.
“The great fish moved silently through the night water…”
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
TANSTAAFL.
“Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood…..”
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
Goddamnit, Donut!
(OK, that’s a recent one.)
M-O-O-N that spells ______
“Remember that hope is a good thing … maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
“I speak for the trees”
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”
“Brutus is an honorable man”
Or
“My name is ozymandias, king of kings, look at my works ye mighty and despair.
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
Right. In. My. Fucking. Ear.
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
“Jack, you have debauched my sloth.”
“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
Alternatively, “Slag off, you pixie!”
“The horror! The horror!”
mother died today.
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie theater…
War is god.
In the destructive element immerse.
Timshel!
The building was on fire and it wasn’t my fault
“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
« Aujourd’hui, maman est morte. »
“Mother died today.”
Call me ishmael
There are other worlds than these.
“ A spectre is haunting Europe…”
Timshel.