“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight, from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home…”.
I’m sure someone recognized that opening sentence. It was a quote from S.E. Hinton’s 1960s novel The Outsiders, which was made into a famous star-studded motion picture in the 1980s. She went on to write other great teenager novels including That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish, and Tex.
I descry this opening for three reasons. The first reason is that it was my favorite book growing up.