First Words, Last Words

"Walking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had no sinister premonitions about the day."

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:26:07 -0400

“Walking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had no sinister premonitions about the day.”

- First sentence of Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

"That this was not the end."

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:25:00 -0400

“That this was not the end.”

- Last sentence of Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

"I wake up to a quiet world."

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:23:00 -0400

“I wake up to a quiet world.”

- First sentence of Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz

"They were asleep."

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:22:00 -0400

“They were asleep.”

- Last sentence of Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz

"I was born with a light covering of fur."

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:15:53 -0400

“I was born with a light covering of fur.”

- First sentence of Liar by Justine Larbalestier

"Would I lie to you?"

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:15:11 -0400

“Would I lie to you?”

- Last sentence of Liar by Justine Larbalestier

"I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves."

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:12:42 -0400

“I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves.”

- First sentence of Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

"Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me."

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:11:31 -0400

““Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me.”

- Last sentence of Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

"They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that’s not how..."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:13:43 -0400

“They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that’s not how it happened for me.”

- First sentence of Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

"The rest you have to find out for yourself."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:13:36 -0400

“The rest you have to find out for yourself.”

- Last sentence of Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

"Though not, in hindsight, so startling as the misdeeds she would perpetuate when she returned to..."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:03:53 -0400

“Though not, in hindsight, so startling as the misdeeds she would perpetuate when she returned to boarding school as a sophomore, what happened to Frankie Landau-Banks the summer after her freshman year was a shock.”

- First sentence of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

"She doesn’t feel like crying any more."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:02:10 -0400

“She doesn’t feel like crying any more.”

- Last sentence of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:29:15 -0400

“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversation in it, ‘and what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversation?’”

- First sentence of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

"Lastly, she pictured to herself how the same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:28:55 -0400

“Lastly, she pictured to herself how the same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with a dream of Wonderland of long ago; and how they would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.”

- Last sentence of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

"My name is Elizabeth but no one’s ever called me that."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:49:28 -0400

“My name is Elizabeth but no one’s ever called me that.”

- First sentence of How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

"And that’s how I live now."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:48:33 -0400

“And that’s how I live now.”

- Last sentence of How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

"My sister Cass ran away the morning of my sixteenth birthday."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:44:00 -0400

“My sister Cass ran away the morning of my sixteenth birthday.”

- First sentence of Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

"But for that one instant, I concentrated on reaching the surface, feeling the water break across my..."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:43:00 -0400

“But for that one instant, I concentrated on reaching the surface, feeling the water break across my face as I burst through it into the air to finally breathe on my own.”

- Last sentence of Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

"The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to a boarding..."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:24:00 -0400

“The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to a boarding school in Alabama, my mother insisted on throwing me a going-away party.”

- First sentence of Looking for Alaska by John Green

"I don’t know where there is, but I believe it’s somewhere, and I hope it’s..."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:23:00 -0400

“I don’t know where there is, but I believe it’s somewhere, and I hope it’s beautiful.”

- Last sentence of Looking for Alaska by John Green