First Line of a book PC Private swap

This is a private swap between @KarenFife and @Apelser

For this swap, write the first complete sentence from the book you are currently reading on the back of a postcard and send it on. Be sure to include the title of the book and the author, as well. Postcards are sender's choice.

Books from which you use the first line may be fiction or nonfiction, but they must be a traditional book. So no craft books or cookbooks please.