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What other great opening lines do you know?. (lemmy.world)
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[-] CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 days ago

I know it gets shit on but I legitimately like, "it was a dark and stormy night." There's a reason it became cliche. It's very evocative.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

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