소설의 첫 문장 (5) - in English

2011/04/21 00:31

 

Nearly all Americans above a certain age can recall where they were the moment they learned of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Corruption of Blood by Robert K. Tanenbaum, 1996




Murderers do not usually give their victims notice.
- A Certain Justice by P. D. James, 1997




Aaron Winslow would never forget the next few minutes.
- 2nd Chance by James Patterson, 2003




On the sixtheenth of October, shadowy deer crept to the edge of dark woods beyond my window as the sun peeked over the cover of the night.
- The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell, 1995




To every hour, its mystery.
- Sacrament, Clive Barker, 2005




Whenever my morther talks to me, she begins the conversation as if we were already in the middle of an argument.
- The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan, 1992




If you want to really hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lously childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't fell like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, 1969




"Where's Papa going with that ax?"
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, 1980




It was between seven and eight o'clock on a March evening, and all over London the bars were drawn back from pit and gallery doors.
- Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey, 1995




Mr. and Mrs. Beresford were sitting at the breakfast table.
- By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie, 1968




1971. Bruce Springsteen wasn't famous in 1971.
- Chase. by Dean Koontz, 1984




He seemed incapable of creating such chaos, but much of what he saw below could be blamed on him.
- The Pelican Brief by John Grisham, 1993




What I seek to do here perhaps cannot be done in words.
- Violin by Anne Rice, 1997




The land around Sydney and Alicia Bartleby's two-storey cottage was flat, like most Suffolk country.
- A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith,1980




Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.
- Shining by Stephen King, 1978




p.s. 첫문장은 대부분 짧군요 :-)