First sentence of current book

[dealogically]

Marley was dead, to begin with.

[Mia Smith 7]

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids.

[Irene Sejas]

When Red wins, she stands alone.

From This Is How You Lose The Time War, I'm really loving this one, I recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy (it's an epistolary novel about time travel, it has a great plot!).

[Autumn Shears]

"All human problems are rooted in plumbing."
---Avram Friedman

This is more of a subheading but it gives direct context to the next sentence, so I figured it fits the criteria.

[Carole Kendall]

“ Chin up, Princess, or the crown slips.”
Almost Just Friends by Jill Shavis.

[Fallon Coates]

I didn't want to stop, but when the low fuel light lit up on the dashboard of my car, I knew I had no choice.

You Shouldn't Have Come Here- Jeneva Rose

[Debra Juarez]

Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.

[Felix Shaun]

IT’S CALLED THE ARTIST DIPLOMA program.

[Maria Rider]

The Shadow Market, London 1901
The raiway lviaduct passed only a hairsbreadth away from St. Savior's Church.

[Odikpa Theophilus Otega IV]

I heard about it from somebody who thought it was a joke.

Misery Loves Company by Paul Marino

[margherita mantovani]

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times

Charles Dickens, A tale of two cities

[Odikpa Theophilus Otega IV]

"Elric opened his wings and shot up into the night sky, carving a spiral through the thickening canopy of enemy spirits gathering over the Mount of Olives."

Cross Intents: The Birth by S.R Wells

[gregs317]

"A mile above Oz, the witch balanced on the wind's forward edge, as if she were a green fleck of the land itself, flung up and sent wheeling away by the turbulent air".

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire

[Jen Cowhig]

“You know that person in your life who makes you feel seen?” - Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton

[Rebecca Graf Kayne]

There was a strong smell of smoke, and new fear fueled me.

The Kitchen House, by Kathleen Grissom