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Originally Posted by Grancey
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. " - from A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens
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I was gonna go with that too, but here's more from Dickens:
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Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
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from David Copperfield
And of course, what has become a cliche but which was once considered a great opening line:
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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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Edward-Bulwer Lytton, from Paul Clifford