名著之所以是名著，是因为它无论经历怎样的风霜打磨依然散发思想和艺术的魅力。而不少文学名著中的第一句话、第一段话，往往是整部著作的神韵所在。它们或将人深深吸引，或令人陷入深思，使读者欲罢不能。
若你不经常在名著的海洋中畅游，反复体味阅读的愉悦，就让这短短的开场白，串联出一缕经典的芬芳，围绕着你，氤氲不散。
1. 《彼得·潘》
詹姆斯·马修·巴利
All children,except one,grow up.
所有孩子都长大了，除了一个例外。
2. 《1984》
乔治·奥威尔
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
四月间，天气寒冷晴朗，钟敲了十三下。
3. 《双城记》
查尔斯·狄更斯
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.
那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代；那是智慧的年头，那是愚昧的年头；那是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期；那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的季节；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天。
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.
我们拥有一切，我们一无所有；人们正在直登天堂，也在直下地狱。
4. 《藻海无边》
简·里斯
They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.
他们说，当麻烦接踵而至的时候，白人也会这样。
5.《墨菲》
塞缪尔•贝克特
The sunshine, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
太阳照常升起，一切都没有改变。
6. 《钟形罩》
西尔维娅•普拉斯
It was aqueer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenberg,and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.
那是一个古怪、闷热的夏天，就是罗森博格因间谍罪名被处死的那个夏天，我不知道我在纽约干什么。
7. 《再见，柏林》
克里斯多福•伊薛伍德
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.
我是一台被动的相机，开着快门只记录不思考。
8. 《了不起的盖茨比》
弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."Whenever you feel like criticizing any more"he told me,"just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
我年纪还轻、阅历不深的时候，我父亲教导过我一句话，我至今念念不忘，“每逢你想要批评任何人的时候”，他对我说，“你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件的。”
9.《追忆似水年华》
普鲁斯特
For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say "I'm going to sleep." And half an hour later the thought that it was time to go to sleep would awaken me.
在很长一段时期里，我都是早早就躺下了。有时候，蜡烛才灭，我的眼皮儿随即合上，都来不及咕哝一句“我要睡着了”。半小时之后，我才想到应该睡觉。这一想，我反倒清醒过来。
10. 《乌鸦公路》
伊恩•班克斯
It was the day my grandmother exploded.
那一天我外婆发怒了。