#WritersCoffeeClub Mar. 8: Do you have a favorite opening line of a book?

#RichardStark / #DonaldEWestlake purposely wrote catchy opening lines for his #Parker master thief series:

https://www.miskatonic.org/parker-first-lines.html

You may know some #Movies based on the Parker books, such as Point Blank w/ #LeeMarvin, #Payback w/ #MelGibson, and Parker w/ #JasonStatham.