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When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm. - [Innocence] Jane Everest glanced about her sitting-room to see if she hadn't an excuse for moving about in it. But it was relentlessly tidy. The file burned brightly, a tray with whisky-and-soda stood, equally ready, for triumph or defeat. - Private Worlds (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] When Freya woke up, she felt as if she were recovering from a long and painful illness, out of the reach for the first time of all disagreeable sensations. - The Mortal Storm (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)]
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