Famous Last Words? How About Famous First Lines

One of my mother's favorite comebacks to comments from either my sister or me was, "Famous last words."

I don't have any of those to offer today, but I do have a link to famous FIRST words.

Sometimes, the hardest part about beginning a story or novel are the initial words.

For me, I almost always can't write any type of story (fiction, nonfiction, or otherwise) unless I have the first lines and the last lines.

Here's how other authors have managed this:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/famous-first-lines-learn-how-to-start-a-novel