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Top Ten Favorite Beginnings/Endings In Books
Beginnings
1. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
“Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.”2. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
“Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she’d been told that she would kill her true love.”3. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
"It has been sixty-four years since the president and the Consortium identified love as a disease, and forty-three since the scientists perfected a cure."4. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.”5. The Rules by Stacey Kade
“I have a dead girl’s name.”
Endings 1. 1984 by George Orwell
“He loved Big Brother.”
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
“The rest you have to find out for yourself.”3. Animal Farm by George Orwell
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”4. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
“I turned from the window, and I didn’t look back.”5. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
“Now this is my life.”
