First-sentence Quote by Charles Frazier

“This morning I awoke clutching your name with such reckless devotion that it turned to dust.”

— Michael Lee

“The flies have conquered the flypaper.”

— John Steinbeck

As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like the culture of flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their…

— Jean Baudrillard

“The morning is a stealthy hunter, my father used to say. It sneaks up quiet and quick on the night and overtakes it.”

— Victoria Schwab

“Flies conquer the flypaper.”

— John Steinbeck

“The morning was glorious, one of those crystalline, dry, blue, fall days when the temperature hovers right at anticipation.”

— Richard Powers

“A sudden gust made the branches of the trees shiver, raining down a few bright green leaves. A fly buzzed in the grass near…

— Holly Black

“So, in the morning light, where they flapped in the drying wind, the bear and the star defied the Saxons.”

— Bernard Cornwell

“Let’s see if I can unsettle you enough to shake your aim.” He swallowed the rest of his wine, rose, and crooked his finger.…

— Bealevon Nolan

“...careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ...”

— John Geddes

“Then morning comes, saying, "This was a night.”

— Robert Lowell

“The flies buzzed in answer above the dirty water standing in the washbasin, in which floated a solitary black hair. It, too, was like…

— Stella Gibbons