How tricky! Many, many of my fics start with a sentence or a piece of monologue and then I go from there. And with over 60 fics and 10 years of writing, I'm not sure that I can really say which is my favourite lines. At least not if I don't do a massive re-read. But of my recent writing I'm quite pleased with the whole A Conversation (http://scripsi.livejournal.com/37222.html) (Well, it is a rather short story) and this bit in Dead Girls Like Us (http://scripsi.livejournal.com/45686.html):
“I assume that you tried to conquer the world again to impress him.”
The teaspoon tinkled angrily as Missy stirred her tea. “I might.”
“You know, if you stopped trying to blow up the things he cares about you might get luckier.”
“But he cares about so much!”
“And you can’t change that. You can’t change him either, only yourself.”
Missy looked up and River saw the very real despair in her eyes. ”I can’t.”
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“I assume that you tried to conquer the world again to impress him.”
The teaspoon tinkled angrily as Missy stirred her tea. “I might.”
“You know, if you stopped trying to blow up the things he cares about you might get luckier.”
“But he cares about so much!”
“And you can’t change that. You can’t change him either, only yourself.”
Missy looked up and River saw the very real despair in her eyes. ”I can’t.”
“Then I’m sorry. For you both.”