Top Ten Tuesday for May 26: Opening Lines (Best, favorite, funny, unique, shocking, gripping, lines that grabbed you immediately, etc.)
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The great fish moved silently through the night water.
Jaws, Peter Benchley
From where I sit, the story of Arthur Less is not so bad.
Less, Andrew Sean Greer
It was a pleasure to burn.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
Marley was dead: to begin with.
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
Meandering Michelle 
Great list!
I love how HP starts!
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