Category: Famous First Words

“The earth sighed as it turned in its course; the shadow of night crept gradually along in the Mediterranean, and Asia was left in darkness. The great cli...

“I’ve gotten plenty of flack for my views, which have been oversimplified into a rather banal ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ True...

…you’ve never been a 13-year old girl.”

Auch heute schien die Sonne wieder, da sie keine andere Wahl hat, auf nichts Neues.

Zooey rinsed his razor. “Who in hell is Lane?” he asked. Unmistakably, it was the question of a still very young man who, now and then, is not incli...

I detest the word “blog.” It sounds like the noise a bulimic makes after a hearty meal. NYU journalism professor Adam L. Penenberg in Wired

“All my work says, be serious, be passionate, wake up.” Susan Sontag (1933-2004) (The title of this entry, by the way, is a quote from Jacques Lacan...

“Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.” Ha Jin: Waiting