The very first sentence

of "Sleepwalking" by Amy Bloom

"I was born smart and had been lucky my whole life, so I didn't even know that what I thought was careful planning was nothing more than being in the right place at the right time, missing the avalanche that I didn't even hear."

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February

PEOPLE FROM HERE AND THERE

The very first sentence

of "Modern American Novelists- Essays

     F. Scott Fitzgerald by Charles E. Shain

" The general acceptances of Scott Fitzgerald into the ranks of serious and ambitious American novelists had to wait until his death in 1940."

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February

People from here and there

Nice old joyful man 

The very first sentence

of " Gesture of Balance" by Tarthang Tulku

"Opening

 Impermanence and frustration

 Impermanence is the essence of our human condition."

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January

People from here and there

North, France

The very first sentence
of " A History of London in 50 Lives" by David Long

"Madame Fahmy (1890-1971)
 Savoy Hotel, Strand, WC2

 A bloody murder at a famous London hotel is always going to be newsworthy."


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 January

Peole from here and there

Somewhere in England, playing music

The very first sentence

of "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen

" The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex."

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January

People from here and there

Lille

The very first sentences
of "The wedding of Zeina" by Ahdaf Soueif

" I was fifteen", Zeina began. "He was nineteen and already doing well. He was a tailor like his father and worked with him. One day my grand-mother came and called me."


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January

People from here and there

The very first sentence

of "102 English Things To Do" by  Alex Quick

"English Sports

  Play croquet

  Croquet sounds as if it ought to be French , but it's English."

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January

People from here and there


Lille