I love the first sentence of An Abundance of Katherines: 

The morning after noted child prodigy Colin Singleton graduated from high school and got dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, he took a bath.

I don't know why but I find that hilarious. :)  

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"In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit." ~The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderly again."~Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." ~A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens.

Sorry, these are all very cliché, but they are the only ones I can think of at the moment. 

If you read the issue, then you'll know the sentence for Tuesdays at the Castle.

I actually write first sentences of books I read in my book journal, so I'll look through that and find my faves.

"The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to boarding school in Alabama, my mother insisted on giving me a going-away party." -Looking for Alaska by John Green

"On our first day of membership in what Cee Cee would later call the Unbearable Book Club, I was sitting in a plastic lounge chair at the West New Hope, Delaware, community pool, reading a dog-eared copy of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'." -The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher

"And then there was an explosion." -The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress

 "You know when you have that dream?" -Dark Star by Bethany Frenette

"In these dungeons the darkness was complete, but Katsa had a map in her mind." -Graceling by Kristen Cashore

"Of all the people who knew about the big house in the middle of Wyndham Woods, very few had ever been inside." -Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

"It is very difficult to look as if you minded the death if a grandfather who, though you may have spent your holidays in his house, certainly seldom remembered that you did." -Theater Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

"The Fossil sisters lived in the Cromwell Road." -Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

"There was a town, there was a girl, and there was a theft."- All the Wrong Questions: "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" By Lemony Snicket

"Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head." - Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

"Sometimes, I hit pause at a random moment when I'm on film and stare at my eyes, and try to figure out why they chose me." -You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle

"On the morning of my kidnapping, my mom's makeup was perfect." -A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan

"The eyes  of London were  watching Claire Jenkins." -The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

"He'd stopped trying to bring her back." -Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

"I, Frankie Landau-Banks, hereby confess that I was the sole mastermind behind the Mal-doings of the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds."  -The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

"After a year of slavery in the Salt Mines of Endovier, Celaena Sardothien was accustomed to being escorted everywhere in shackles and at sword-point."  -Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

"On a warm October night in Chicago, three deliveries were made in the same neighborhood." -Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

"An hour before Azalea's first ball began, she paced the ballroom floor, tracing her toes in a waltz."  -Entwined by Heather Dixon

"Back at Wexford, where I went before all of this happened to me, they made me play hockey every day." -The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

"Every town in England has a story." -Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan

And my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE:

"Sometimes, I think that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, that the people buying milk in their pajamas or picking their noses at stoplights could be only moments away from disaster."  -The Beginning of Everything by Robin Schneider

That's a lot, but that's only pulling from the books I've read since December 17, 2012.  I have so many more I could have added.:) 

This requires a trip upstairs to my half author organized and half messed up but previously color organized bookshelf.  And now there is a stack of books on my mom's office floor.

"Far out in thr uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of teh Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

"The tired old carriage, pulled by two tired old horses, rumbled onto the wharf, its creaky wheels bumpety-bumping on the uneven planks, waking Peter from his restless slumber." Peter and the Starcathers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

"Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial and found guilty.  But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago." The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi.

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of *expletive*." The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. 

"My name is Jacy Faber and in London I was born,but, no, I wasn't born with that name.  Well, the Faber part, yes, the Jacky part, no, but they call me Jack now and it's fine with me." Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer.

"If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.  He will push his helmet slightly to one side, scratch his head thoughtfully, and then he will point his huge white gloved finger and say: 'First to your right, second to your left, sharp right again, and you're there.  Good-morning.' " Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers.

"My parents couldn't understand why I wanted to spend the summer working for my grandfather." The Worms of Kukumlima by Daniel Pinkwater.

"The screw through Cinder's ankle had rusted, the engraved cross marks worn to a mangled circle." Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

"When I was about eleven or twelve I set up a lab in my house.  It consisted of an old wooden packing box that I put shelves in." Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman. (Although the best part of the beginning of this book is the title of the first chapter: "He Fixes Radios by Thinking!".)  Actually, most of the chapters in this book are hilariously named.  Notably "A Map of a Cat" and "Uncle Same Doesn't Need You!"

"It began one day in summer about thirty years ago, and it happened to four children." Half Magic by Edward Eager.

"Robin drew the coverlet close about his head and turned his face to the wall.  He covered his ears and shut his eyes, for the sound of the bells was deafening." The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (who is seriously one of the most under-recognized children's authors about ever who is amazing.)

"Henry Sugar was forty-one years old and unmarried.  He was also wealthy." The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl.

"Mitchell Huff's day began like any other summer day- with a squabble with his twin sister Amy." Mitch and Amy by Beverly Clear.

Now I have to put all these books back...

Spamster in his spamster cage says hour.  Hour.  What a difficult translation.  The metaphorical implications are staggering.

First, I would like to say I'm new.

(I don't know if any one has posted this yet)

"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversation?' ~ From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll.

Okay, I have a LOT of fav first sentences, so here's a few:

"I would never find another friend like Rebekka Liebech"-My Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve

" The oddest thing about Angelina D'Angelo was that no one could remember a time when she didn't live in Willow Falls"- 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

"The First Wednesday of every month was a perfectly awful day"- Daddy- Long- Legs by Jean Webster 

Ok, so here's pretty much the only one that I remember, but I still love it: 

"The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy."-Son of Neptune, Heros of Olympus, book two