Literary Quote of the Month

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one." - George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons

Friday, December 17, 2010

First Lines...

"It has been sixty-four years since the president and the Consortium identified love as a disease, and forty-three since the scientists perfected a cure. Everyone else in my family has had the procedure already. My older sister, Rachel, has been disease free for nine years now. She's been safe from love for so long, she says she can't even remember its symptoms. I'm scheduled to have my procedure in exactly ninety-five days, on September 3. My birthday."
... Delirium by Lauren Oliver (release date Feb. 1, 2011)

4 comments:

Tea said...

Wow, great sentence. I would like to read the book. My sentence is

http://readwithtea.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

How sad. I'm guessing something's going to botch the plan.

Suzanne Yester said...

Hi Tea!
The first sentence just grabs you! Thanks for sharing your link too!

Suzanne Yester said...

Hi Carolsnotebook!
Something definitely screws up the Consortium's best plans-a teenage girl who falls in love!

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