First Lines

[Hilarious Joke]

"What?" questioned young HJ.

 

[Talysia]

In the time it took to say his name, he was gone.

 

[Interference]

The marmalade had an odd taste, but only the dog seemed bothered by it.

 

[HardScienceFan]

the clown pointed the waterpistol at me.Energy beings hate water .

 

[daisybee]

"So that's it then? It's over?" Battered and bloodied, he crouched low to the ground, not believing the voice crackling from the radio, as news of peace came through.

 

[HardScienceFan]

I looked through the spy hole.Apparently not all killer robots had been
scrapped.Just my luck.

 

[Talysia]

Each step was like walking on jagged shards of glass, and there was still a long way to go.

 

[Peter Graham]

"I'm glad you could make it to our celebrity remake of Nine and a Half Weeks", said the producer - "you'll be paired up with that arrogant lump of lard Australian PR bloke with the stupid mohican."

 

[Chaser]

Each step was like walking on jagged shards of glass, and there was still a long way to go.

I like this one Talysia. It's emotional.

 

[Talysia]

Thank you, Chaser.

Here's another:

"Surely this can't be right?" I said to myself as I saw the trickle of water coming from the tap slowly turn to ice.

 

[Interference]

I had a broken arm, bleeding eardrums and I couldn't find my right leg. So far, everything was working out pretty much according to plan.

 

[Talysia]

A lesser man would have fallen by now, he thought, as his opponent charged in again for another strike.

 

[Saltheart]

Wherever he went, it followed.

 

[quixotic]

"Geni," Brian said, introducing the woman behing him, "meet... yourself."

 

[Talysia]

Stumbling out of the blackness was a novelty that she was not used to, and she was at a loss for what to do next.

 

[HardScienceFan]

he looked at the corpses of his captors,then at his bloodied hands

 

[Talysia]

An only child, Sophia had always had a way with animals, but no-one could have predicted what would happen when she calmly walked up to the dragon and held out a friendly hand to it.

 

[Saltheart]

What in God's name--?

 

[Glisterspeck]

Sometimes Sascha wished his wife were dead. He didn’t want to wish these things, but most mornings, when he woke up, he did.

 

[Dexter]

It was days like this that really made Damon want to test his immortality.