OK. There's something spooky here. I googled 'memorable opening lines' for inspiration, and what do I find first on the list? This: [
blog.blankbaby.com]
Quote:"My father had a face that could stop a clock. I don't mean that he was ugly or anything; it was a phrase the ChronoGuard used to describe someone who had the power to reduce time to an ultraslow trickle." - Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair
Rob, slightly worried.
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That statement is either so deep it would take a lifetime to fully comprehend every particle of its meaning, or it is a load of absolute tosh. Which is it, I wonder?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather