Inspired somewhat by Burgundy’s posts over at the ecclectic land of Perrero, I have decided to chronicle some of my life here on this little site. It will be a story with some sad bits, I’m sure, but nothing too major, I don’t think. It is not a story of angst and regret, nor is it a story of childhood innocence lost. It is merely the story of my memories, be they good or bad.
I’ll take this chance to make a mention of the ‘My Life (or something like it)’ series on Perrero one more time. It is a story of family and betrayal, of losing oneself, and maybe one day finding oneself. It is a story that if it happened to me, I’m not entirely sure I’d be able to tell it to others.
So, with that in mind, I feel it appropriate to leave you with what is, my my mind, one of the greatest intro sentences in the history of literature. Penned by one Charles Dickens, in a little known novel called “David Copperfield.”
“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.”
Zel-kun out.
Julie Scott/BurgandySkies | 04-Feb-07 at 12:39 pm | Permalink
Charles Dickens wrote my favorite opening sentence, too. But my is “Marley was dead to begin with.”
I always found it profound in its frankness.
Zel-kun | 04-Feb-07 at 1:32 pm | Permalink
Mmhm, Dickens was pretty good at getting a gripping opening. A Christmas Carole is something I actually need to sit down and read.