# Memorable lines from forgettable books

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 11, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-lines-from-forgettable-books/131760 "2002-10-11T02:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-lines-from-forgettable-books/131760/1 "2002-10-11T02:04:06Z")

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My current favourite memorable line from a (totally) forgettable book comes from Andrew Klavan’s _True Crime_.

**Now, the eye of God and the eye of the news media are frequently mistaken for one another, especially by the news media.**

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**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-lines-from-forgettable-books/131760/2 "2002-10-11T18:07:02Z")

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How about “It was a dark and stormy night” by **Edward George Bulwer-Lytton** from the 1830 book _Paul Clifford_.