First sentence of current book

[Gigglesgr]

Eileen, Neil, Marty and I had these shiny metal roller skates ---not inline skates - but skates with real wheels that you could tighten with a metal key carried around your neck on a shoestring.

Journey: Stories By A Girl From the Bronx -Elayne Engelman Schulman

[Luna 24]

The name of the song is "This Lullaby."

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

[Suzer6440 xyz]

Being different from the masses is one of the greatest gifts that you possess.

Population: ONE Autism, adversity, and the will to succeed

[MOONTRAVELLER007]

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

[Jolyon Trevelyan]

He won`t get out of there, I`m telling you, the pockmarked man said, shaking his head with conviction.

Sword of Destiny by Andrezej Sapkowski ( the short story of The Bounds of reason)

[Redlegs]

'Marx has completely changed the way I view the world', declared the Pallieres boy this morning, although ordinarily he says nary a word to me.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

[_Bokeh]

At the dawn of the third millenium, humanity wakes up, stretching its limbs and rubbing its eyes.

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

[Redlegs]

Mr Skelding was doing what some men would have found difficult.

In Their Wisdom, C P Snow

[psmith5659]

Death-Cast is calling with the warning of a lifetime - I'm going to die today.

They Both Die At The End, Adam Silvera

[amahstone]

When I raced bicycles, I looked at races as having 'burn zones", which were relatively short periods of extraordinary effort that separated the winners and losers.

Burn Zones: Playing Life's Bad Hands by Jorge P. Newbery

- Amanda

[Timothy Rucinski]

We were studying when the headmaster came in, followed by a new boy, not yet wearing a school uniform, and a monitor carrying a large desk.

Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert

[Redlegs]

The first time our father brought Andrea to the Dutch House, Sandy, our housekeeper, came to my sister's room and told us to come downstairs.

The Dutch House, Ann Patchett

[Shruti_D]

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love.
It did not end well.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor.

[Shruti_D]

For reasons undiscovered, autumn cam every year early to the oaks of the Virken Woods.

We are Voulhire: The Fires of Virko by Matthew Tysz.

[JinBin]

She hadn't seen snowfall in a long time.

The Sins of a Master Race - Matthew Tysz