Quick. What is the fourth sentence of the first chapter of your curren

[Hoskins]

Sorry, title was apparently cut off:

Quick. What is the fourth sentence of the first chapter of your currently-favorite story?

 

 

Mine:

 

"The guard has gone."

 

- From Gene Wolfe's "The Shadow of the Torturer", aka Part one of The Book Of The New Sun

 

Okay, from here now:

 

'His breath was short, and with every pant he exhaled, a piercing bout of pain ignited through his side.'

 

I'm Not From Earth! - Fishwings

 

 

And if you're not of a mind to do this, then feel free to paste whatever is on your clipboard here instead.

Edited January 13, 2010 by Hoskins

[Cia]

And the word "f**k" and any of its derivatives were definitely not something the elegant, refined author and full professor of English literature at St. Francis University would say to her son. From: Beloved by Don Hanratty, hosted

 

This is the story that drew me to GA, I shall be forever grateful

[NightOwl88]

I currently have two favorites, that I look for everyday.

 

In Anticipation by Liukas Soli is the first.

 

'That

[Kev de Cauchery]

I've been told lots of times that I'm good looking.

 

-- When Love Comes by Jeff Allen

 

Not having read a lot of stories yet. So..

 

 

 

As for the story that drew me to GA:

 

"Jerry Franklin speaking."

 

-- Other Avenues by Jack Scribe

 

 

Both are odd sentences.

[W_L]

This will always be my favorite, despite the author and my disagreements on politics:

 

"When you're middle-aged, jobless, broke, with no living relatives to fall back on, ten thousand dollars is a lot of money and a lot more temptation than I could say no to and not regret it for the rest of my life."

 

- Do Over by dkstories

 

Could tag line DK

[Tarin]

"It was clear they had every intention of making his life even more miserable than it already had been over the last month since his teacher had left on a quest of some kind."

 

The Kandric Saga by Kyle Aarons