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"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."

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1.	21 votes 415 pts	1984 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Discuss
2.	15 votes 293 pts	Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.... Discuss
3.	11 votes 208 pts	Moby Dick Call me Ishmael. Discuss
4.	10 votes 196 pts	"Fight Club" (1996) by Chuck Palahniuk "Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying the first step to eternal life is you have to die." Discuss
5.	10 votes 193 pts	Atlas Shrugged Who is John Galt? Discuss
6.	8 votes 157 pts	"Lolita" (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins." Discuss
7.	8 votes 156 pts	Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury It was a pleasure to burn. Discuss
8.	4 votes 79 pts	"The Stranger" - Albert Camus "Mother died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know." Discuss
9.	4 votes 78 pts	"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak The night Max wore his wolf suit... a long-time favourite of mine... maybe not a "novel" in the traditional sense, but one of the opening lines that has stuck with me through the years. Discuss
10.	4 votes 78 pts	The Great Gatsby In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. Discuss
11.	4 votes 72 pts	Ulysses Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. Discuss
12.	3 votes 59 pts	Skinny Legs and All (1990) by Tom Robbins It was a bright, defrosted, pussy-willow day at the onset of spring, and the newlyweds were driving cross country in a large roast turkey. Discuss
13.	3 votes 58 pts	Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighbourhoods. Discuss
14.	3 votes 57 pts	It Was A Dark and Stormy Night from the novel-in-progress that Snoopy is always working on. See also: http://en.wikipedia.or...tormy_night Discuss
15.	2 votes 40 pts	Cannery Row-Steinbeck "Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream." 1 Comment