Posted by Peter Ceresole on January 05, 2013 at 10:09:09 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Favourite Lines posted by Tom Napier on January 05, 2013 at 04:42:02:
My favorite line, I've quoted it before, comes from Nancy in SA:
"If we'd only known we'd have given you broadside for broadside till one of us sank, even if it had made us late for lunch."
Yes, It's huge fun and does so much elegant heavy lifting, adding to the tone for the whole of the rest of the book, providing light relief (more for the adults than children, maybe) and firmly establishing Nancy's character.
My favourite (I'm a romantic wimp, I'm afraid) is the line about the soft start of the snowfall, in WH, that Ed quotes; 'Softly, at first, as if it hardly meant it, the snow began to fall.' Quite unforgettable, and one of the reasons that, after PM, WH is my favourite of the books.