Ulysses, it ain'tFirst lines are important. They say a lot. They're a real indication of the prodigious thought, labor, and love poured into the thousands of lines to follow. To wit: As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into an enormous cockroach. -- Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis My father's family name being Pirrup, and my Christian name Philip, my
infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit
than Pip. So I called myself Pip a
