Here is what no one tells you about the first sentence of a novel: it is a pickup line.
Emma: Call Me Ishmael and Other Things Men Have Said to Me With Unearned Confidence
They've taken their toll, these latter days.
Here is what no one tells you about the first sentence of a novel: it is a pickup line.
Emma: Call Me Ishmael and Other Things Men Have Said to Me With Unearned Confidence