#first-sentence

"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad."

"They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that's not how it happened for me."

"Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?"

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H."

"Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe."