#we can make fun of jt for being so highly ranked simply because the pekple who are doing the ranking are just not well read enough though
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"the sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel"
"it was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen"
"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"
"many years later, as he faced the firing squad, colonel aureliano buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice"
"sam vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it"
"this is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it"
"it was the day my grandmother exploded"
"all this happened, more or less"
It was number 5, but I still think that’s too high.
#i actually think hp has a strong opening line#“proud to say they were perfectly normal thank you very much” both sets up characters and expectatuons for the world#and does a good job setting a humorous and matter of fact tone for the book (though i woild argue that this dowsnt carry thrpugh#domt think it deserves to be so high its certainly not the onlu opening line that hooks a reader into the story#but i dont think we should dismiss it as bad because we dont like Harry potter amymore#we can make fun of jt for being so highly ranked simply because the pekple who are doing the ranking are just not well read enough though
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