"And don't you know that God is Pooh bear." End of Kerouac's On The Road (IIRC), memorable because my translated edition had "God is the Polar Star" or something like that, which bugged me.
"On Thursday, August 28, 1947, in the ring at the Spanish town of Linares, a thirty-year-old millionaire and a bull killed each other, plunging an entire country into mourning."
(beginning of "The Death of Manolete", by Barnaby Conrad.)
Maybe not the most memorable or meaningful, but definitely my favorite opening line:
warning, graphic language ahead!
I, Lucifer, Fallen Angel, Prince of Darkness, Bringer of Light, Ruler of Hell, Lord of the Flies, Father of Lies, Apostate Supreme, Tempter of Mankind, Old Serpent, Prince of This World, Seducer, Accuser, Tormentor, Blasphemer, and without a doubt Best Fuck in the Seen and Unseen Universe (ask Eve, that minx) have decided - oo-la-la! - to tell all.
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(beginning of "The Death of Manolete", by Barnaby Conrad.)
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warning, graphic language ahead!
I, Lucifer, Fallen Angel, Prince of Darkness, Bringer of Light, Ruler of Hell, Lord of the Flies, Father of Lies, Apostate Supreme, Tempter of Mankind, Old Serpent, Prince of This World, Seducer, Accuser, Tormentor, Blasphemer, and without a doubt Best Fuck in the Seen and Unseen Universe (ask Eve, that minx) have decided - oo-la-la! - to tell all.
From I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan.
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The second I read this, I took this to heart. True liberty is the liberty to make up your own mind.
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In fact, the only one I can think of is from Louis L'Amour's "The Walking Drum"--"May there be a road!"
It's a traditional "goodbye" phrase, and it just kinda... stuck with me.
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