Great Opening Lines - Lines that make me wonder, ponder, gag, smile and laugh.(part 2)

10. "It was a pleasure to burn."
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
WHAT?!

9. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great advice from a father. I have since added it to my list of wise sayings.

8. Once an angry man dragged his father along the ground through his own orchard. "Stop!" cried the groaning old man at last, "Stop! I did not drag my father beyond this tree."
The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein
Karma!

7. "You could see the blood. It was darker than you thought. It was all on the ground outside Chicken Joe's. It just felt crazy... You wanted to touch.....If you cross the line you'll turn to dust...The dead boy's mamma was guarding the blood."
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
The entire first page is brilliant.

6. "The story so far: In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Tell me how you can drop this book now.