... that the best first line of a novel EVER is the opening line of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which was first published 200 years ago TODAY.
I should be so lucky, to write a book, any book, that people are still in love with 200 years from now. I'd settle for writing one that people are in still in love with a WEEK after they've finished reading it.
Thank you, Jane, for sharing the gift of your incredible and timeless talent. You inspire me.
As does Colin Firth in the wet, white shirt. But that's another story.