Best opening Scene/Sentence/Word?

[Ruzi]

"This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it." -
Goldman ~ The Princess Bride

Ooh, I forgot about that one.. Just plain swifty.

 

[Rain Dog]

'And The Ass Saw The Angel' by Nick Cave:

'Three greasy brother crows wheel, beak to heel, cutting a circle into the bruised and troubled sky, making fast, dark rings through the thicksome bloats of smoke.'

Marvellous.

 

[USTopGun47]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...