And then the murders began.
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The first line of almost any story can be improved by making sure the second line is, "And then the murders began."
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And then the murders began.
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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way–in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. And then the murders began.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. And then the murders began.
'To be born again,' sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, 'first you have to die.' And then the murders began.
Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
And then the murders began.As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. And then the murders began.
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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. And then the murders began.
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When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventyifirst birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. And then the murders began.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. And then the murders began.
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This is the literary equivalent of adding 'Mr. Bond' to the end of any dialogue. Has it come to this? -
When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. And then the murders began.
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“Where’s Papa going with that ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. And then the murders began.
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@jon-nyc said in And then the murders began.:
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
And then the murders began.
That was the first one I posted.
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@jon-nyc said in And then the murders began.:
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
And then the murders began.
That was the first one I posted.
@George-K said in And then the murders began.:
@jon-nyc said in And then the murders began.:
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
And then the murders began.
That was the first one I posted.
Pwn3d! And then the murders began.
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The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn’t dropped dead at Taunton races Jim would never have come to Thursgood’s at all. And then the murders began.
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Jeeves placed the sizzling eggs and b. on the breakfast table, and Reginald (Kipper) Herring and I, licking the lips, squared our elbows and got down to it. And then the murders began.
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The quantity of matter is the measure of the same, arising from its density and bulk conjunctly. And then the murders began.
