Ask HN: What's a great opening line you know?2 points by chistev an hour agoA book, a movie, a HN comment, whatever.
jonjacky an hour agoPreviously:Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=489082719 days ago, 182 points, 104 commentschistev 26 minutes agoI missed this, thank you.
andsoitis an hour ago"Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond" (Things Fall Apart).It's a line that does character, culture, and foreshadowing all at once without straining any of them.chistev 24 minutes agoGreat book.That boy calls you father, do not bear a hand in his death.
1337h4xx an hour agoWe were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
Previously:
Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908271
9 days ago, 182 points, 104 comments
I missed this, thank you.
"Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond" (Things Fall Apart).
It's a line that does character, culture, and foreshadowing all at once without straining any of them.
Great book.
That boy calls you father, do not bear a hand in his death.
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.