Over at Crooked Timber there is a discussion going on about the best opening lines to (mainly) academic books.
Sphere: Related ContentSome examples from the comments:
“In this book I shall show that there are no books.”
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent.”
“Chaos theory is not nearly as exciting as it sounds. How could it be?”
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