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thenewgreen  ·  3925 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Authors' favorite first lines of books

From your link:

    "The beet is the most intense of vegetables."

    Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.

-That was a novel I really enjoyed reading. I went through a big Tom Robbins phase in high school/college.